#B8A74A#B8A74A

#B8A74A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A74A
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -5.41, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 49.57, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0181 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(34.8233, 38.3237, 12.0402)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A74A #4A5BB8

analogous

#B8704A #B8A74A #92B84A

triadic

#B8A74A #4AB8A7 #A74AB8

tetradic

#B8A74A #4AB870 #4A5BB8 #B84A92

square

#B8A74A #4AB870 #4A5BB8 #B84A92

split-complementary

#B8A74A #4A92B8 #704AB8

monochromatic

#615826 #8D8037 #B8A74A #C9BC76 #DAD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B8A74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A74A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A74A	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)

#B6A340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c080',
    500: '#b8a74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a74a;
$custom-light: #d0c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72453,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.38322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A74A

secondary

#969EC7

accent

#68D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A74A

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

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