#B8A74E#B8A74E

#B8A74E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A74E
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -5.11, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 47.71, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0168 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.112 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9623, 38.3793, 12.7726)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A74E #4E5FB8

analogous

#B8724E #B8A74E #94B84E

triadic

#B8A74E #4EB8A7 #A74EB8

tetradic

#B8A74E #4EB872 #4E5FB8 #B84E94

square

#B8A74E #4EB872 #4E5FB8 #B84E94

split-complementary

#B8A74E #4E94B8 #724EB8

monochromatic

#645A28 #8F8239 #B8A74E #CABD7A #DBD2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B8A74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A74E

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A74E	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c082',
    500: '#b8a74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a74e;
$custom-light: #d0c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A74E

secondary

#9AA1C8

accent

#69D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A74E

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

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