#B8B345#B8B345

#B8B345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B345
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -12.03, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 56.32, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0375 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.131 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9627, 42.8614, 11.9551)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B345 #454AB8

analogous

#B87945 #B8B345 #84B845

triadic

#B8B345 #45B8B3 #B345B8

tetradic

#B8B345 #45B879 #454AB8 #B84584

square

#B8B345 #45B879 #454AB8 #B84584

split-complementary

#B8B345 #4584B8 #7945B8

monochromatic

#5F5C24 #8B8834 #B8B345 #CAC671 #DAD89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8B345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B8B345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B345

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B345	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c97e',
    500: '#b8b345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b345;
$custom-light: #d0c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74983,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B345

secondary

#9294C7

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B345

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

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