#B8A749#B8A749

#B8A749 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B8A749
RGBrgb(184, 167, 73)
HSLhsl(51, 44%, 50%)
HSVhsv(51, 60%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.25, -5.48, 49.73)
CIE-LCHlch(68.25, 50.03, 96.29°)
OKLaboklab(72.44% -0.0184 0.1146)
OKLCHoklch(72.44% 0.116 99.1)
XYZxyz(34.7898, 38.3103, 11.8641)
Luminance0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B8A749 #495AB8
analogous
#B86F49 #B8A749 #91B849
triadic
#B8A749 #49B8A7 #A749B8
tetradic
#B8A749 #49B86F #495AB8 #B84991
square
#B8A749 #49B86F #495AB8 #B84991
split-complementary
#B8A749 #4991B8 #6F49B8
monochromatic
#615826 #8D8037 #B8A749 #C9BC75 #DAD2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#B8A749 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66
#B8A749 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A749
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B8A749#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B8A7491.002.428.668.66
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A33F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA94E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C59C93
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b8a749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 99.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c07f',
    500: '#b8a749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b8a749;
$custom-light: #d0c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b8a749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72442,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B8A749
secondary
#969DC7
accent
#68D454
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF7EE
border
#D3D0C9
text
#14120A
muted
#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A749

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#B8A749 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva