#B8A772#B8A772

#B8A772 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.073 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A772
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 33%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 38%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -1.60, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 29.72, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.003 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.073 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6239, 39.0439, 21.5234)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A772 #7283B8

analogous

#B88472 #B8A772 #A6B872

triadic

#B8A772 #72B8A7 #A772B8

tetradic

#B8A772 #72B884 #7283B8 #B872A6

square

#B8A772 #72B884 #7283B8 #B872A6

split-complementary

#B8A772 #72A6B8 #8472B8

monochromatic

#75673B #9D8B4F #B8A772 #CCC09B #E1DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B8A772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A772

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A772	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.073 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec19b',
    500: '#b8a772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a772;
$custom-light: #cec19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 33.019,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73038,
    "c": 0.07339,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A772

secondary

#B5BCD1

accent

#79C95F

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A772

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

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