#B8A862#B8A862

#B8A862 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.092 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A862
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 46.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -3.87, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 38.30, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.011 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.092 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9754, 39.0788, 17.2008)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A862 #6272B8

analogous

#B87D62 #B8A862 #9DB862

triadic

#B8A862 #62B8A8 #A862B8

tetradic

#B8A862 #62B87D #6272B8 #B8629D

square

#B8A862 #62B87D #6272B8 #B8629D

split-complementary

#B8A862 #629DB8 #7D62B8

monochromatic

#6E6332 #988945 #B8A862 #CBBF8C #DED7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B8A862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A862

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A862	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.092 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc190',
    500: '#b8a862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a862;
$custom-light: #cfc190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 37.719,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A862

secondary

#A9B0CD

accent

#70CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A862

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

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