#B8A75E#B8A75E

#B8A75E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.096 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A75E
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 48.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -3.73, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 39.93, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.011 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.096 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6073, 38.6373, 16.1696)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A75E #5E6FB8

analogous

#B87A5E #B8A75E #9CB85E

triadic

#B8A75E #5EB8A7 #A75EB8

tetradic

#B8A75E #5EB87A #5E6FB8 #B85E9C

square

#B8A75E #5EB87A #5E6FB8 #B85E9C

split-complementary

#B8A75E #5E9CB8 #7A5EB8

monochromatic

#6C6130 #968742 #B8A75E #CBBE88 #DDD5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A75E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B8A75E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A75E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A75E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A75E	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a75e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.096 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc08d',
    500: '#b8a75e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a75e;
$custom-light: #cfc08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a75e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.667,
    "s": 38.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A75E

secondary

#A6ADCC

accent

#6FCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A75E

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

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