#B8B142#B8B142

#B8B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B142
RGB	rgb(184, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -11.19, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 56.81, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0355 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.131 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4740, 42.0292, 11.3444)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B142 #4249B8

analogous

#B87642 #B8B142 #84B842

triadic

#B8B142 #42B8B1 #B142B8

tetradic

#B8B142 #42B876 #4249B8 #B84284

square

#B8B142 #42B876 #4249B8 #B84284

split-complementary

#B8B142 #4284B8 #7642B8

monochromatic

#5E5A22 #8B8632 #B8B142 #CBC56D #DBD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B8B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B8B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B142

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B142	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c87c',
    500: '#b8b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b142;
$custom-light: #d0c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74521,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B142

secondary

#8F92C7

accent

#59D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B142

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

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