#B8A951#B8A951

#B8A951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A951
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -5.93, 46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 47.03, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0188 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4416, 39.1618, 13.4751)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A951 #5160B8

analogous

#B87651 #B8A951 #94B851

triadic

#B8A951 #51B8A9 #A951B8

tetradic

#B8A951 #51B876 #5160B8 #B85194

square

#B8A951 #51B876 #5160B8 #B85194

split-complementary

#B8A951 #5194B8 #7651B8

monochromatic

#655D29 #91843B #B8A951 #CABE7C #DBD4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B8A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A951

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A951	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c284',
    500: '#b8a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a951;
$custom-light: #d0c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7296,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A951

secondary

#9CA2C9

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A951

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

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