#B8A846#B8A846

#B8A846 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A846
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 62%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -6.22, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 51.74, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0209 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8767, 38.6393, 11.4142)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A846 #4656B8

analogous

#B86F46 #B8A846 #8FB846

triadic

#B8A846 #46B8A8 #A846B8

tetradic

#B8A846 #46B86F #4656B8 #B8468F

square

#B8A846 #46B86F #4656B8 #B8468F

split-complementary

#B8A846 #468FB8 #6F46B8

monochromatic

#5F5724 #8C8035 #B8A846 #C9BD72 #DAD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B8A846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B8A846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A846

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A846	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)

#B7A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c17d',
    500: '#b8a846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a846;
$custom-light: #d0c17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72623,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A846

secondary

#939AC7

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A846

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

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