#B8B22D#B8B22D

#B8B22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.146 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B22D
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -12.79, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 65.08, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0422 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1627, 42.2219, 8.7269)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B22D #2D33B8

analogous

#B86C2D #B8B22D #79B82D

triadic

#B8B22D #2DB8B2 #B22DB8

tetradic

#B8B22D #2DB86C #2D33B8 #B82D79

square

#B8B22D #2DB86C #2D33B8 #B82D79

split-complementary

#B8B22D #2D79B8 #6C2DB8

monochromatic

#565315 #878221 #B8B22D #D4CE4E #E0DC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B8B22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B22D

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B22D	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)

#C1AB0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c871',
    500: '#b8b22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b22d;
$custom-light: #d1c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74582,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B22D

secondary

#787CC9

accent

#4BE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B22D

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

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