#B8A855#B8A855

#B8A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A855
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -5.07, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 44.74, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0158 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4107, 38.8529, 14.2267)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A855 #5565B8

analogous

#B87655 #B8A855 #96B855

triadic

#B8A855 #55B8A8 #A855B8

tetradic

#B8A855 #55B876 #5565B8 #B85596

square

#B8A855 #55B876 #5565B8 #B85596

split-complementary

#B8A855 #5596B8 #7655B8

monochromatic

#675E2B #93853D #B8A855 #CABE80 #DCD4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B8A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A855

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A855	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc187',
    500: '#b8a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a855;
$custom-light: #cfc187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72797,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A855

secondary

#9FA6CA

accent

#6BD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A855

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

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