#B8A85E#B8A85E

#B8A85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.097 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A85E
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 48.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -4.26, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 40.31, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0125 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.097 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7912, 39.0051, 16.2309)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A85E #5E6EB8

analogous

#B87B5E #B8A85E #9BB85E

triadic

#B8A85E #5EB8A8 #A85EB8

tetradic

#B8A85E #5EB87B #5E6EB8 #B85E9B

square

#B8A85E #5EB87B #5E6EB8 #B85E9B

split-complementary

#B8A85E #5E9BB8 #7B5EB8

monochromatic

#6C6130 #968842 #B8A85E #CBBF88 #DDD6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B8A85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A85E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A85E	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)

#B5A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.097 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc18d',
    500: '#b8a85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a85e;
$custom-light: #cfc18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 38.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7292,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A85E

secondary

#A6ADCC

accent

#6ECF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A85E

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

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