#B8B045#B8B045

#B8B045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B045
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -10.47, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 55.15, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0331 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.128 105)
XYZ	xyz(36.3680, 41.6720, 11.7569)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B045 #454DB8

analogous

#B87745 #B8B045 #87B845

triadic

#B8B045 #45B8B0 #B045B8

tetradic

#B8B045 #45B877 #454DB8 #B84587

square

#B8B045 #45B877 #454DB8 #B84587

split-complementary

#B8B045 #4587B8 #7745B8

monochromatic

#5F5B24 #8B8534 #B8B045 #CAC371 #DAD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B8B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B045

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B045	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)

#BEAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c77d',
    500: '#b8b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b045;
$custom-light: #d0c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74333,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.41671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B045

secondary

#9296C7

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B045

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

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