#B8A85A#B8A85A

#B8A85A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A85A
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 51.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -4.63, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 42.30, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.014 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.101 98)
XYZ	xyz(35.6164, 38.9352, 15.3100)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A85A #5A6AB8

analogous

#B8795A #B8A85A #99B85A

triadic

#B8A85A #5AB8A8 #A85AB8

tetradic

#B8A85A #5AB879 #5A6AB8 #B85A99

square

#B8A85A #5AB879 #5A6AB8 #B85A99

split-complementary

#B8A85A #5A99B8 #795AB8

monochromatic

#6A602E #958640 #B8A85A #CABF85 #DDD5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B8A85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A85A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A85A	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc18a',
    500: '#b8a85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a85a;
$custom-light: #cfc18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 39.831,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.38934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A85A

secondary

#A3AACB

accent

#6CD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A85A

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

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