#B8A952#B8A952

#B8A952 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A952
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -5.85, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 46.56, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0184 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4793, 39.1769, 13.6740)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A952 #5261B8

analogous

#B87652 #B8A952 #94B852

triadic

#B8A952 #52B8A9 #A952B8

tetradic

#B8A952 #52B876 #5261B8 #B85294

square

#B8A952 #52B876 #5261B8 #B85294

split-complementary

#B8A952 #5294B8 #7652B8

monochromatic

#665D2A #91853C #B8A952 #CABF7D #DCD4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B8A952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A952

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A952	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)

#B7A54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c285',
    500: '#b8a952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a952;
$custom-light: #d0c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A952

secondary

#9DA3C9

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A952

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

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