#B8B262#B8B262

#B8B262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.102 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B262
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 46.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -9.14, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 42.41, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0262 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.102 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8930, 42.9140, 17.8401)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B262 #6268B8

analogous

#B88762 #B8B262 #93B862

triadic

#B8B262 #62B8B2 #B262B8

tetradic

#B8B262 #62B887 #6268B8 #B86293

square

#B8B262 #62B887 #6268B8 #B86293

split-complementary

#B8B262 #6293B8 #8762B8

monochromatic

#6E6A32 #989245 #B8B262 #CBC78C #DEDBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8B262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B8B262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B262

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B262	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.102 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc890',
    500: '#b8b262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b262;
$custom-light: #cfc890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 37.719,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7511,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B262

secondary

#A9ABCD

accent

#62CE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B262

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

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