#B8A96D#B8A96D

#B8A96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.081 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A96D
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 41%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 40.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -3.25, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 33.07, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0082 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.081 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7162, 39.6716, 20.1884)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A96D #6D7CB8

analogous

#B8846D #B8A96D #A1B86D

triadic

#B8A96D #6DB8A9 #A96DB8

tetradic

#B8A96D #6DB884 #6D7CB8 #B86DA1

square

#B8A96D #6DB884 #6D7CB8 #B86DA1

split-complementary

#B8A96D #6DA1B8 #846DB8

monochromatic

#736738 #9C8C4C #B8A96D #CCC196 #E0DABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B8A96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A96D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A96D	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AB6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.081 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec297',
    500: '#b8a96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a96d;
$custom-light: #cec297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 34.562,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.08101,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A96D

secondary

#B1B7D0

accent

#73CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A96D

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

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