#B8B751#B8B751

#B8B751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.125 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B751
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -13.22, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 52.68, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0396 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.125 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1869, 44.6524, 14.3902)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B751 #5152B8

analogous

#B88351 #B8B751 #86B851

triadic

#B8B751 #51B8B7 #B751B8

tetradic

#B8B751 #51B883 #5152B8 #B85186

square

#B8B751 #51B883 #5152B8 #B85186

split-complementary

#B8B751 #5186B8 #8351B8

monochromatic

#656529 #91903B #B8B751 #CAC97C #DBDBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#B8B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B751

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B751	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.125 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cc85',
    500: '#b8b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b751;
$custom-light: #d0cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B751

secondary

#9C9CC9

accent

#57D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B751

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

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