#B8B243#B8B243

#B8B243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B243
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 63.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -11.64, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 56.78, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0367 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.131 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7020, 42.4376, 11.5671)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B243 #4349B8

analogous

#B87843 #B8B243 #84B843

triadic

#B8B243 #43B8B2 #B243B8

tetradic

#B8B243 #43B878 #4349B8 #B84384

square

#B8B243 #43B878 #4349B8 #B84384

split-complementary

#B8B243 #4384B8 #7843B8

monochromatic

#5E5B22 #8B8733 #B8B243 #CAC56E #DBD79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8B243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B8B243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B243

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B243	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c87c',
    500: '#b8b243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b243;
$custom-light: #d0c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B243

secondary

#9093C7

accent

#58D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B243

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

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