#B8A755#B8A755

#B8A755 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A755
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -4.54, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 44.37, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0143 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.105 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2268, 38.4851, 14.1654)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A755 #5566B8

analogous

#B87555 #B8A755 #97B855

triadic

#B8A755 #55B8A7 #A755B8

tetradic

#B8A755 #55B875 #5566B8 #B85597

square

#B8A755 #55B875 #5566B8 #B85597

split-complementary

#B8A755 #5597B8 #7555B8

monochromatic

#675D2B #93843D #B8A755 #CABD80 #DCD4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B8A755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A755

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A755	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc087',
    500: '#b8a755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a755;
$custom-light: #cfc087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A755

secondary

#9FA6CA

accent

#6CD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A755

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

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