#B8A96E#B8A96E

#B8A96E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.080 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A96E
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 40%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 40.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -3.13, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 32.56, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0078 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.08 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7704, 39.6933, 20.4735)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A96E #6E7DB8

analogous

#B8846E #B8A96E #A2B86E

triadic

#B8A96E #6EB8A9 #A96EB8

tetradic

#B8A96E #6EB884 #6E7DB8 #B86EA2

square

#B8A96E #6EB884 #6E7DB8 #B86EA2

split-complementary

#B8A96E #6EA2B8 #846EB8

monochromatic

#736738 #9C8C4D #B8A96E #CCC197 #E0DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B8A96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A96E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A96E	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.080 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec298',
    500: '#b8a96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a96e;
$custom-light: #cec298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 34.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.07986,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A96E

secondary

#B2B8D0

accent

#74CA5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A96E

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

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