#B8B22B#B8B22B

#B8B22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.147 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B22B
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -12.88, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 65.72, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0426 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.147 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1251, 42.2069, 8.5289)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B22B #2B31B8

analogous

#B86C2B #B8B22B #78B82B

triadic

#B8B22B #2BB8B2 #B22BB8

tetradic

#B8B22B #2BB86C #2B31B8 #B82B78

square

#B8B22B #2BB86C #2B31B8 #B82B78

split-complementary

#B8B22B #2B78B8 #6C2BB8

monochromatic

#555214 #86821F #B8B22B #D5CF4B #E1DC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B8B22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B22B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B22B	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.147 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c870',
    500: '#b8b22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b22b;
$custom-light: #d1c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7457,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B22B

secondary

#7679C9

accent

#4AE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B22B

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

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