#B8A849#B8A849

#B8A849 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A849
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -6.01, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 50.39, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0199 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9737, 38.6781, 11.9254)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A849 #4959B8

analogous

#B87049 #B8A849 #91B849

triadic

#B8A849 #49B8A8 #A849B8

tetradic

#B8A849 #49B870 #4959B8 #B84991

square

#B8A849 #49B870 #4959B8 #B84991

split-complementary

#B8A849 #4991B8 #7049B8

monochromatic

#615826 #8D8037 #B8A849 #C9BD75 #DAD2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B8A849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A849

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A849	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c17f',
    500: '#b8a849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a849;
$custom-light: #d0c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A849

secondary

#969DC7

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A849

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

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