#B8A975#B8A975

#B8A975 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.072 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A975
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 117)
HSL	hsl(47, 32%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 36.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -2.32, 28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 28.92, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0049 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.072 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1667, 39.8518, 22.5605)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A975 #7584B8

analogous

#B88875 #B8A975 #A6B875

triadic

#B8A975 #75B8A9 #A975B8

tetradic

#B8A975 #75B888 #7584B8 #B875A6

square

#B8A975 #75B888 #7584B8 #B875A6

split-complementary

#B8A975 #75A6B8 #8875B8

monochromatic

#76693D #9E8D51 #B8A975 #CDC29D #E2DBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B8A975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B8A975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A975

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A975	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.072 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec29d',
    500: '#b8a975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a975;
$custom-light: #cec29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 32.057,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73513,
    "c": 0.07165,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A975

secondary

#B7BDD2

accent

#77C860

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A975

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

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