#B8A84A#B8A84A

#B8A84A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A84A
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 59.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -5.93, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 49.93, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0196 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0072, 38.6915, 12.1015)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A84A #4A5AB8

analogous

#B8714A #B8A84A #91B84A

triadic

#B8A84A #4AB8A8 #A84AB8

tetradic

#B8A84A #4AB871 #4A5AB8 #B84A91

square

#B8A84A #4AB871 #4A5AB8 #B84A91

split-complementary

#B8A84A #4A91B8 #714AB8

monochromatic

#615926 #8D8137 #B8A84A #C9BD76 #DAD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B8A84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A84A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A84A	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)

#B7A440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c180',
    500: '#b8a84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a84a;
$custom-light: #d0c180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A84A

secondary

#969EC7

accent

#67D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A84A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →