#B8B22E#B8B22E

#B8B22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.145 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B22E
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -12.75, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 64.75, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.042 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.145 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1822, 42.2297, 8.8295)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B22E #2E34B8

analogous

#B86D2E #B8B22E #79B82E

triadic

#B8B22E #2EB8B2 #B22EB8

tetradic

#B8B22E #2EB86D #2E34B8 #B82E79

square

#B8B22E #2EB86D #2E34B8 #B82E79

split-complementary

#B8B22E #2E79B8 #6D2EB8

monochromatic

#565316 #878322 #B8B22E #D3CE50 #DFDB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B8B22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B22E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B22E	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.145 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c871',
    500: '#b8b22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b22e;
$custom-light: #d1c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74588,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B22E

secondary

#797DC8

accent

#4CE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B22E

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

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