#B8B22F#B8B22F

#B8B22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B22F
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -12.71, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 64.42, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0417 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2021, 42.2377, 8.9345)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B22F #2F35B8

analogous

#B86D2F #B8B22F #7AB82F

triadic

#B8B22F #2FB8B2 #B22FB8

tetradic

#B8B22F #2FB86D #2F35B8 #B82F7A

square

#B8B22F #2FB86D #2F35B8 #B82F7A

split-complementary

#B8B22F #2F7AB8 #6D2FB8

monochromatic

#575416 #878323 #B8B22F #D3CD52 #DFDB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B8B22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B22F

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B22F	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)

#C1AB13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c872',
    500: '#b8b22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b22f;
$custom-light: #d1c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74594,
    "c": 0.1449,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B22F

secondary

#7B7EC8

accent

#4CE245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B22F

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

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