#B8A151#B8A151

#B8A151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.104 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A151
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 56%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -1.66, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 44.20, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0065 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.104 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9986, 36.2758, 12.9941)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A151 #5168B8

analogous

#B86E51 #B8A151 #9CB851

triadic

#B8A151 #51B8A1 #A151B8

tetradic

#B8A151 #51B86E #5168B8 #B8519C

square

#B8A151 #51B86E #5168B8 #B8519C

split-complementary

#B8A151 #519CB8 #6E51B8

monochromatic

#655829 #917E3B #B8A151 #CAB87C #DBD0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B8A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B8A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A151

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A151	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.104 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bc84',
    500: '#b8a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a151;
$custom-light: #d0bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.602,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71267,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A151

secondary

#9CA6C9

accent

#72D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A151

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

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