#B8B12E#B8B12E

#B8B12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.145 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B12E
RGB	rgb(184, 177, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -12.24, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 64.40, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0405 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.145 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9839, 41.8332, 8.7634)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B12E #2E35B8

analogous

#B86C2E #B8B12E #7AB82E

triadic

#B8B12E #2EB8B1 #B12EB8

tetradic

#B8B12E #2EB86C #2E35B8 #B82E7A

square

#B8B12E #2EB86C #2E35B8 #B82E7A

split-complementary

#B8B12E #2E7AB8 #6C2EB8

monochromatic

#565316 #878222 #B8B12E #D3CD50 #DFDB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8B12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B8B12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B12E

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B12E	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 177, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.145 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c871',
    500: '#b8b12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b12e;
$custom-light: #d1c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7437,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B12E

secondary

#797DC8

accent

#4DE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B12E

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

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