#B8A251#B8A251

#B8A251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.105 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A251
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 56%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -2.20, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 44.54, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.008 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.105 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1740, 36.6267, 13.0526)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A251 #5167B8

analogous

#B86E51 #B8A251 #9BB851

triadic

#B8A251 #51B8A2 #A251B8

tetradic

#B8A251 #51B86E #5167B8 #B8519B

square

#B8A251 #51B86E #5167B8 #B8519B

split-complementary

#B8A251 #519BB8 #6E51B8

monochromatic

#655829 #917E3B #B8A251 #CAB97C #DBD0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B8A251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B8A251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A251

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A251	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.105 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd84',
    500: '#b8a251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a251;
$custom-light: #d0bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71478,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A251

secondary

#9CA5C9

accent

#70D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A251

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

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