#B8B249#B8B249

#B8B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B249
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 60.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -11.24, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 54.19, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0349 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.127 106)
XYZ	xyz(36.8914, 42.5134, 12.5646)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B249 #494FB8

analogous

#B87A49 #B8B249 #86B849

triadic

#B8B249 #49B8B2 #B249B8

tetradic

#B8B249 #49B87A #494FB8 #B84986

square

#B8B249 #49B87A #494FB8 #B84986

split-complementary

#B8B249 #4986B8 #7A49B8

monochromatic

#615E26 #8D8837 #B8B249 #C9C575 #DAD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B8B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B249

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B249	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c880',
    500: '#b8b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b249;
$custom-light: #d0c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74805,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.42512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B249

secondary

#9698C7

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B249

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

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