#B8A84F#B8A84F

#B8A84F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A84F
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 57.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -5.56, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 47.61, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0179 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1824, 38.7616, 13.0241)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A84F #4F5FB8

analogous

#B8744F #B8A84F #94B84F

triadic

#B8A84F #4FB8A8 #A84FB8

tetradic

#B8A84F #4FB874 #4F5FB8 #B84F94

square

#B8A84F #4FB874 #4F5FB8 #B84F94

split-complementary

#B8A84F #4F94B8 #744FB8

monochromatic

#645B28 #90833A #B8A84F #CABE7B #DBD3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B8A84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A84F

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A84F	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)

#B6A446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c183',
    500: '#b8a84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a84f;
$custom-light: #d0c183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 42.51,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72723,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A84F

secondary

#9AA1C8

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A84F

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

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