#B8A76D#B8A76D

#B8A76D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.079 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A76D
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 40.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -2.18, 32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 32.30, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0051 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.079 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3470, 38.9332, 20.0653)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A76D #6D7EB8

analogous

#B8826D #B8A76D #A3B86D

triadic

#B8A76D #6DB8A7 #A76DB8

tetradic

#B8A76D #6DB882 #6D7EB8 #B86DA3

square

#B8A76D #6DB882 #6D7EB8 #B86DA3

split-complementary

#B8A76D #6DA3B8 #826DB8

monochromatic

#736538 #9C8A4C #B8A76D #CCC096 #E0D9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A76D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B8A76D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A76D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A76D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A76D	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a76d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.079 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec197',
    500: '#b8a76d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a76d;
$custom-light: #cec197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a76d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 34.562,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72948,
    "c": 0.07918,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A76D

secondary

#B1B8D0

accent

#76CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A76D

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

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