#B8A74B#B8A74B

#B8A74B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A74B
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -5.33, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 49.11, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0178 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.114 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8572, 38.3373, 12.2190)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A74B #4B5CB8

analogous

#B8704B #B8A74B #92B84B

triadic

#B8A74B #4BB8A7 #A74BB8

tetradic

#B8A74B #4BB870 #4B5CB8 #B84B92

square

#B8A74B #4BB870 #4B5CB8 #B84B92

split-complementary

#B8A74B #4B92B8 #704BB8

monochromatic

#625927 #8E8038 #B8A74B #C9BC77 #DBD2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B8A74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A74B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A74B	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c081',
    500: '#b8a74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a74b;
$custom-light: #d0c081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A74B

secondary

#979FC8

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A74B

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

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