#B8A960#B8A960

#B8A960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.095 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A960
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 47.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -4.60, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 39.69, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0133 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.095 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.0675, 39.4121, 16.7715)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A960 #606FB8

analogous

#B87D60 #B8A960 #9BB860

triadic

#B8A960 #60B8A9 #A960B8

tetradic

#B8A960 #60B87D #606FB8 #B8609B

square

#B8A960 #60B87D #606FB8 #B8609B

split-complementary

#B8A960 #609BB8 #7D60B8

monochromatic

#6D6331 #978944 #B8A960 #CBC08A #DED7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8A960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B8A960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A960

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A960	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.095 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc28e',
    500: '#b8a960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a960;
$custom-light: #cfc28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 38.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A960

secondary

#A7AECC

accent

#6DCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A960

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

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