#B8A96A#B8A96A

#B8A96A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.084 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A96A
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 42.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -3.57, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 34.61, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0094 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.084 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5575, 39.6081, 19.3523)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A96A #6A79B8

analogous

#B8826A #B8A96A #A0B86A

triadic

#B8A96A #6AB8A9 #A96AB8

tetradic

#B8A96A #6AB882 #6A79B8 #B86AA0

square

#B8A96A #6AB882 #6A79B8 #B86AA0

split-complementary

#B8A96A #6AA0B8 #826AB8

monochromatic

#726636 #9B8B4A #B8A96A #CCC193 #E0D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B8A96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A96A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A96A	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.084 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc295',
    500: '#b8a96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a96a;
$custom-light: #cfc295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 35.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73318,
    "c": 0.08443,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A96A

secondary

#AFB5CF

accent

#72CB5C

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A96A

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

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