#B7A855#B7A855

#B7A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.106 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7A855
RGB	rgb(183, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 53.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -5.49, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 44.66, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.017 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.106 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1719, 38.7298, 14.2155)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7A855 #5564B7

analogous

#B77755 #B7A855 #95B755

triadic

#B7A855 #55B7A8 #A855B7

tetradic

#B7A855 #55B777 #5564B7 #B75595

square

#B7A855 #55B777 #5564B7 #B75595

split-complementary

#B7A855 #5595B7 #7755B7

monochromatic

#665D2B #91843E #B7A855 #C9BE80 #DBD4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B7A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B7A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7A855

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7A855	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.106 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc187',
    500: '#b7a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7a855;
$custom-light: #cfc187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7A855

secondary

#9FA5C9

accent

#6AD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7A855

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

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