#B8A852#B8A852

#B8A852 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A852
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -5.32, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 46.18, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0169 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.109 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2940, 38.8062, 13.6122)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A852 #5262B8

analogous

#B87552 #B8A852 #95B852

triadic

#B8A852 #52B8A8 #A852B8

tetradic

#B8A852 #52B875 #5262B8 #B85295

square

#B8A852 #52B875 #5262B8 #B85295

split-complementary

#B8A852 #5295B8 #7552B8

monochromatic

#665C2A #91843C #B8A852 #CABE7D #DCD4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B8A852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A852

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A852	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c185',
    500: '#b8a852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a852;
$custom-light: #d0c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A852

secondary

#9DA4C9

accent

#6AD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A852

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →