#B8B149#B8B149

#B8B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.125 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B149
RGB	rgb(184, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -10.72, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 53.80, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0334 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.125 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6931, 42.1169, 12.4986)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B149 #4950B8

analogous

#B87949 #B8B149 #88B849

triadic

#B8B149 #49B8B1 #B149B8

tetradic

#B8B149 #49B879 #4950B8 #B84988

square

#B8B149 #49B879 #4950B8 #B84988

split-complementary

#B8B149 #4988B8 #7949B8

monochromatic

#615D26 #8D8737 #B8B149 #C9C475 #DAD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B8B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B8B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B149

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B149	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)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.125 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c880',
    500: '#b8b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b149;
$custom-light: #d0c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B149

secondary

#9699C7

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B149

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

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