#B4A751#B4A751

#B4A751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A751
RGB	rgb(180, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -6.58, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 46.00, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0204 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.109 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1274, 37.9361, 13.3077)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A751 #515EB4

analogous

#B47551 #B4A751 #8FB451

triadic

#B4A751 #51B4A7 #A751B4

tetradic

#B4A751 #51B475 #515EB4 #B4518F

square

#B4A751 #51B475 #515EB4 #B4518F

split-complementary

#B4A751 #518FB4 #7551B4

monochromatic

#615A2A #8C813C #B4A751 #C6BD7C #D9D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B4A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B4A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A751

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A751	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc084',
    500: '#b4a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a751;
$custom-light: #cdc084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72165,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A751

secondary

#9BA0C6

accent

#68D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A751

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

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