#B8A84E#B8A84E

#B8A84E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A84E
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -5.64, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 48.08, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0183 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.112 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1462, 38.7471, 12.8339)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A84E #4E5EB8

analogous

#B8734E #B8A84E #93B84E

triadic

#B8A84E #4EB8A8 #A84EB8

tetradic

#B8A84E #4EB873 #4E5EB8 #B84E93

square

#B8A84E #4EB873 #4E5EB8 #B84E93

split-complementary

#B8A84E #4E93B8 #734EB8

monochromatic

#645B28 #8F8239 #B8A84E #CABD7A #DBD3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B8A84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A84E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A84E	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c183',
    500: '#b8a84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a84e;
$custom-light: #d0c183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A84E

secondary

#9AA1C8

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A84E

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

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