#B8A85B#B8A85B

#B8A85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A85B
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 50.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -4.54, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 41.80, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0136 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.1 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6592, 38.9523, 15.5357)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A85B #5B6BB8

analogous

#B87A5B #B8A85B #9AB85B

triadic

#B8A85B #5BB8A8 #A85BB8

tetradic

#B8A85B #5BB87A #5B6BB8 #B85B9A

square

#B8A85B #5BB87A #5B6BB8 #B85B9A

split-complementary

#B8A85B #5B9AB8 #7A5BB8

monochromatic

#6A602E #958741 #B8A85B #CABF86 #DDD5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B8A85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A85B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A85B	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)

#B5A454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc18b',
    500: '#b8a85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a85b;
$custom-light: #cfc18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A85B

secondary

#A4AACB

accent

#6DCF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A85B

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

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