#B4A151#B4A151

#B4A151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A151
RGB	rgb(180, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -3.38, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 43.77, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0112 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.103 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0537, 35.7885, 12.9498)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A151 #5164B4

analogous

#B46F51 #B4A151 #95B451

triadic

#B4A151 #51B4A1 #A151B4

tetradic

#B4A151 #51B46F #5164B4 #B45195

square

#B4A151 #51B46F #5164B4 #B45195

split-complementary

#B4A151 #5195B4 #6F51B4

monochromatic

#61562A #8C7C3C #B4A151 #C6B87C #D9CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B4A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B4A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A151

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A151	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbc84',
    500: '#b4a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a151;
$custom-light: #cdbc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70885,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A151

secondary

#9BA3C6

accent

#6FD058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A151

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

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