#B8A949#B8A949

#B8A949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A949
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -6.54, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 50.75, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0215 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1591, 39.0488, 11.9872)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A949 #4958B8

analogous

#B87149 #B8A949 #8FB849

triadic

#B8A949 #49B8A9 #A949B8

tetradic

#B8A949 #49B871 #4958B8 #B8498F

square

#B8A949 #49B871 #4958B8 #B8498F

split-complementary

#B8A949 #498FB8 #7149B8

monochromatic

#615926 #8D8137 #B8A949 #C9BE75 #DAD3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B8A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A949

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A949	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c27f',
    500: '#b8a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a949;
$custom-light: #d0c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72868,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A949

secondary

#969CC7

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A949

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

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