#B8A94B#B8A94B

#B8A94B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A94B
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 59.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -6.39, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 49.84, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0208 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2264, 39.0757, 12.3421)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A94B #4B5AB8

analogous

#B8724B #B8A94B #90B84B

triadic

#B8A94B #4BB8A9 #A94BB8

tetradic

#B8A94B #4BB872 #4B5AB8 #B84B90

square

#B8A94B #4BB872 #4B5AB8 #B84B90

split-complementary

#B8A94B #4B90B8 #724BB8

monochromatic

#625A27 #8E8238 #B8A94B #C9BE77 #DBD3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B8A94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A94B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A94B	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)

#B7A541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c281',
    500: '#b8a94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a94b;
$custom-light: #d0c281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7289,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A94B

secondary

#979EC8

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A94B

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

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