#B8A94A#B8A94A

#B8A94A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A94A
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 59.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -6.46, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 50.30, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0211 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1925, 39.0621, 12.1632)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A94A #4A59B8

analogous

#B8724A #B8A94A #90B84A

triadic

#B8A94A #4AB8A9 #A94AB8

tetradic

#B8A94A #4AB872 #4A59B8 #B84A90

square

#B8A94A #4AB872 #4A59B8 #B84A90

split-complementary

#B8A94A #4A90B8 #724AB8

monochromatic

#615926 #8D8237 #B8A94A #C9BE76 #DAD3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B8A94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A94A

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A94A	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)

#B8A440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c280',
    500: '#b8a94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a94a;
$custom-light: #d0c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A94A

secondary

#969DC7

accent

#66D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A94A

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

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