#B8A751#B8A751

#B8A751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A751
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 56%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -4.87, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 46.29, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0157 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.109 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0723, 38.4233, 13.3520)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A751 #5162B8

analogous

#B87451 #B8A751 #96B851

triadic

#B8A751 #51B8A7 #A751B8

tetradic

#B8A751 #51B874 #5162B8 #B85196

square

#B8A751 #51B874 #5162B8 #B85196

split-complementary

#B8A751 #5196B8 #7451B8

monochromatic

#655B29 #91833B #B8A751 #CABD7C #DBD3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B8A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B8A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A751

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A751	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c084',
    500: '#b8a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a751;
$custom-light: #d0c084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A751

secondary

#9CA3C9

accent

#6AD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A751

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

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