#B8A950#B8A950

#B8A950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A950
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -6.01, 47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 47.51, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0191 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4044, 39.1469, 13.2790)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A950 #505FB8

analogous

#B87550 #B8A950 #93B850

triadic

#B8A950 #50B8A9 #A950B8

tetradic

#B8A950 #50B875 #505FB8 #B85093

square

#B8A950 #50B875 #505FB8 #B85093

split-complementary

#B8A950 #5093B8 #7550B8

monochromatic

#655C29 #90843B #B8A950 #CABE7C #DBD4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B8A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A950

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A950	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c284',
    500: '#b8a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a950;
$custom-light: #d0c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72948,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A950

secondary

#9BA2C9

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A950

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

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