#B8A970#B8A970

#B8A970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.078 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A970
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 39.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -2.91, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 31.52, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0069 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.078 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8805, 39.7373, 21.0534)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A970 #707FB8

analogous

#B88570 #B8A970 #A3B870

triadic

#B8A970 #70B8A9 #A970B8

tetradic

#B8A970 #70B885 #707FB8 #B870A3

square

#B8A970 #70B885 #707FB8 #B870A3

split-complementary

#B8A970 #70A3B8 #8570B8

monochromatic

#74683A #9D8C4E #B8A970 #CCC299 #E1DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B8A970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A970

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A970	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.078 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec29a',
    500: '#b8a970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a970;
$custom-light: #cec29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 33.645,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.07753,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A970

secondary

#B4BAD0

accent

#74CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A970

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

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