#B8A95E#B8A95E

#B8A95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A95E
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 48.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -4.79, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 40.69, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.014 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.098 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9766, 39.3758, 16.2927)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A95E #5E6DB8

analogous

#B87C5E #B8A95E #9AB85E

triadic

#B8A95E #5EB8A9 #A95EB8

tetradic

#B8A95E #5EB87C #5E6DB8 #B85E9A

square

#B8A95E #5EB87C #5E6DB8 #B85E9A

split-complementary

#B8A95E #5E9AB8 #7C5EB8

monochromatic

#6C6230 #968842 #B8A95E #CBC088 #DDD6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8A95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B8A95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A95E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A95E	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc28d',
    500: '#b8a95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a95e;
$custom-light: #cfc28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 38.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A95E

secondary

#A6ACCC

accent

#6DCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A95E

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

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