#B8A968#B8A968

#B8A968 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.087 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A968
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 43.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -3.79, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 35.64, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0102 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.087 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4547, 39.5670, 18.8109)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A968 #6877B8

analogous

#B88168 #B8A968 #9FB868

triadic

#B8A968 #68B8A9 #A968B8

tetradic

#B8A968 #68B881 #6877B8 #B8689F

square

#B8A968 #68B881 #6877B8 #B8689F

split-complementary

#B8A968 #689FB8 #8168B8

monochromatic

#716535 #9A8B49 #B8A968 #CCC192 #DFD8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8A968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B8A968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A968

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A968	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.087 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc294',
    500: '#b8a968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a968;
$custom-light: #cfc294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 36.036,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73285,
    "c": 0.08669,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A968

secondary

#ADB4CE

accent

#71CC5C

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A968

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

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