#B8A84B#B8A84B

#B8A84B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A84B
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 59.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -5.86, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 49.47, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0193 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0411, 38.7051, 12.2803)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A84B #4B5BB8

analogous

#B8714B #B8A84B #91B84B

triadic

#B8A84B #4BB8A8 #A84BB8

tetradic

#B8A84B #4BB871 #4B5BB8 #B84B91

square

#B8A84B #4BB871 #4B5BB8 #B84B91

split-complementary

#B8A84B #4B91B8 #714BB8

monochromatic

#625927 #8E8138 #B8A84B #C9BD77 #DBD2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B8A84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A84B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A84B	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)

#B7A441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c181',
    500: '#b8a84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a84b;
$custom-light: #d0c181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A84B

secondary

#979EC8

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A84B

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

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