#B8A848#B8A848

#B8A848 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A848
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -6.08, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 50.84, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0203 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9409, 38.6650, 11.7522)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A848 #4858B8

analogous

#B87048 #B8A848 #90B848

triadic

#B8A848 #48B8A8 #A848B8

tetradic

#B8A848 #48B870 #4858B8 #B84890

square

#B8A848 #48B870 #4858B8 #B84890

split-complementary

#B8A848 #4890B8 #7048B8

monochromatic

#605825 #8C8036 #B8A848 #C9BD74 #DAD2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B8A848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A848

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A848	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B7A43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c17f',
    500: '#b8a848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a848;
$custom-light: #d0c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72644,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A848

secondary

#959CC7

accent

#66D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A848

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

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