#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
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -5.48, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 50.03, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0184 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.116 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7898, 38.3103, 11.8641)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B8A749	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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