#B8A95B#B8A95B

#B8A95B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A95B
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 50.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -5.07, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 42.18, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0152 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.101 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8446, 39.3229, 15.5975)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A95B #5B6AB8

analogous

#B87B5B #B8A95B #99B85B

triadic

#B8A95B #5BB8A9 #A95BB8

tetradic

#B8A95B #5BB87B #5B6AB8 #B85B99

square

#B8A95B #5BB87B #5B6AB8 #B85B99

split-complementary

#B8A95B #5B99B8 #7B5BB8

monochromatic

#6A612E #958841 #B8A95B #CABF86 #DDD6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8A95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B8A95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A95B

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A95B	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc28b',
    500: '#b8a95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a95b;
$custom-light: #cfc28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73089,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A95B

secondary

#A4AACB

accent

#6CCF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A95B

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

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