#B8B146#B8B146

#B8B146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.128 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B146
RGB	rgb(184, 177, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -10.93, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 55.11, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0343 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.128 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5961, 42.0781, 11.9873)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B146 #464DB8

analogous

#B87846 #B8B146 #86B846

triadic

#B8B146 #46B8B1 #B146B8

tetradic

#B8B146 #46B878 #464DB8 #B84686

square

#B8B146 #46B878 #464DB8 #B84686

split-complementary

#B8B146 #4686B8 #7846B8

monochromatic

#5F5C24 #8C8635 #B8B146 #C9C472 #DAD69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B8B146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B8B146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B146

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B146	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 177, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.128 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c87e',
    500: '#b8b146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b146;
$custom-light: #d0c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74559,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B146

secondary

#9396C7

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B146

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

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