#B8A94E#B8A94E

#B8A94E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A94E
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -6.16, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 48.45, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0198 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.113 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3316, 39.1177, 12.8956)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A94E #4E5DB8

analogous

#B8744E #B8A94E #92B84E

triadic

#B8A94E #4EB8A9 #A94EB8

tetradic

#B8A94E #4EB874 #4E5DB8 #B84E92

square

#B8A94E #4EB874 #4E5DB8 #B84E92

split-complementary

#B8A94E #4E92B8 #744EB8

monochromatic

#645B28 #8F8339 #B8A94E #CABE7A #DBD3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B8A94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A94E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A94E	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)

#B7A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c283',
    500: '#b8a94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a94e;
$custom-light: #d0c283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.509,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A94E

secondary

#9AA0C8

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A94E

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

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