#B8A451#B8A451

#B8A451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A451
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 56%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -3.27, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 45.22, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0111 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.106 96)
XYZ	xyz(34.5291, 37.3369, 13.1709)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A451 #5165B8

analogous

#B87151 #B8A451 #98B851

triadic

#B8A451 #51B8A4 #A451B8

tetradic

#B8A451 #51B871 #5165B8 #B85198

square

#B8A451 #51B871 #5165B8 #B85198

split-complementary

#B8A451 #5198B8 #7151B8

monochromatic

#655A29 #91803B #B8A451 #CABB7C #DBD1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B8A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B8A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A451

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A451	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be84',
    500: '#b8a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a451;
$custom-light: #d0be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.37335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A451

secondary

#9CA5C9

accent

#6ED256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A451

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

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