#B8A74C#B8A74C

#B8A74C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A74C
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 58.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -5.26, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 48.65, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0174 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.113 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8917, 38.3510, 12.4007)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A74C #4C5DB8

analogous

#B8714C #B8A74C #93B84C

triadic

#B8A74C #4CB8A7 #A74CB8

tetradic

#B8A74C #4CB871 #4C5DB8 #B84C93

square

#B8A74C #4CB871 #4C5DB8 #B84C93

split-complementary

#B8A74C #4C93B8 #714CB8

monochromatic

#635927 #8E8138 #B8A74C #C9BD78 #DBD2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B8A74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A74C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A74C	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)

#B6A343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c081',
    500: '#b8a74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a74c;
$custom-light: #d0c081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A74C

secondary

#98A0C8

accent

#69D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A74C

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

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