#B8B040#B8B040

#B8B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B040
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -10.79, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 57.27, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0346 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.132 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2193, 41.6125, 10.9736)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B040 #4048B8

analogous

#B87440 #B8B040 #84B840

triadic

#B8B040 #40B8B0 #B040B8

tetradic

#B8B040 #40B874 #4048B8 #B84084

square

#B8B040 #40B874 #4048B8 #B84084

split-complementary

#B8B040 #4084B8 #7440B8

monochromatic

#5D5920 #8B8530 #B8B040 #CBC56A #DBD697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B8B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B040

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B040	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c77b',
    500: '#b8b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b040;
$custom-light: #d0c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74286,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B040

secondary

#8D91C7

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B040

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

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