#B8B151#B8B151

#B8B151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B151
RGB	rgb(184, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 56%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -10.12, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 50.17, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0308 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.118 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9756, 42.2299, 13.9864)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B151 #5158B8

analogous

#B87D51 #B8B151 #8CB851

triadic

#B8B151 #51B8B1 #B151B8

tetradic

#B8B151 #51B87D #5158B8 #B8518C

square

#B8B151 #51B87D #5158B8 #B8518C

split-complementary

#B8B151 #518CB8 #7D51B8

monochromatic

#656129 #918B3B #B8B151 #CAC47C #DBD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B8B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B151

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B151	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c885',
    500: '#b8b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b151;
$custom-light: #d0c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74675,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B151

secondary

#9C9FC9

accent

#5ED256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B151

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

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