#B8B043#B8B043

#B8B043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B043
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -10.60, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 56.01, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0337 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.129 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3069, 41.6475, 11.4354)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B043 #434BB8

analogous

#B87543 #B8B043 #86B843

triadic

#B8B043 #43B8B0 #B043B8

tetradic

#B8B043 #43B875 #434BB8 #B84386

square

#B8B043 #43B875 #434BB8 #B84386

split-complementary

#B8B043 #4386B8 #7543B8

monochromatic

#5E5A22 #8B8533 #B8B043 #CAC46E #DBD69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8B043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B8B043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B043

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B043	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c77c',
    500: '#b8b043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b043;
$custom-light: #d0c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74314,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B043

secondary

#9094C7

accent

#5BD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B043

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

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