#B8A759#B8A759

#B8A759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.101 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A759
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -4.19, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 42.41, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0128 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.101 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3902, 38.5504, 15.0261)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A759 #596AB8

analogous

#B87759 #B8A759 #99B859

triadic

#B8A759 #59B8A7 #A759B8

tetradic

#B8A759 #59B877 #596AB8 #B85999

square

#B8A759 #59B877 #596AB8 #B85999

split-complementary

#B8A759 #5999B8 #7759B8

monochromatic

#695F2D #94853F #B8A759 #CABE84 #DDD4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B8A759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A759

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A759	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.101 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc08a',
    500: '#b8a759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a759;
$custom-light: #cfc08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72638,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A759

secondary

#A2A9CB

accent

#6DD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A759

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

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