#B7B151#B7B151

#B7B151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7B151
RGB	rgb(183, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 55.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -10.55, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 50.14, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0319 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.118 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7369, 42.1068, 13.9752)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7B151 #5157B7

analogous

#B77E51 #B7B151 #8AB751

triadic

#B7B151 #51B7B1 #B151B7

tetradic

#B7B151 #51B77E #5157B7 #B7518A

square

#B7B151 #51B77E #5157B7 #B7518A

split-complementary

#B7B151 #518AB7 #7E51B7

monochromatic

#646129 #8F8A3B #B7B151 #C9C47C #DBD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B7B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B7B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7B151

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7B151	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc885',
    500: '#b7b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7b151;
$custom-light: #cfc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74587,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7B151

secondary

#9C9EC8

accent

#5ED157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7B151

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

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