#B8A85D#B8A85D

#B8A85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.098 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A85D
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 49.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -4.35, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 40.81, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0129 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.098 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7467, 38.9873, 15.9961)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A85D #5D6DB8

analogous

#B87B5D #B8A85D #9BB85D

triadic

#B8A85D #5DB8A8 #A85DB8

tetradic

#B8A85D #5DB87B #5D6DB8 #B85D9B

square

#B8A85D #5DB87B #5D6DB8 #B85D9B

split-complementary

#B8A85D #5D9BB8 #7B5DB8

monochromatic

#6B612F #968742 #B8A85D #CBBF88 #DDD6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B8A85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A85D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A85D	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.098 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc18c',
    500: '#b8a85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a85d;
$custom-light: #cfc18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.451,
    "s": 39.056,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A85D

secondary

#A5ACCC

accent

#6ECF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A85D

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

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