#B8B34A#B8B34A

#B8B34A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.127 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B34A
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -11.68, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 54.15, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.036 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.127 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1245, 42.9261, 12.8072)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B34A #4A4FB8

analogous

#B87C4A #B8B34A #86B84A

triadic

#B8B34A #4AB8B3 #B34AB8

tetradic

#B8B34A #4AB87C #4A4FB8 #B84A86

square

#B8B34A #4AB87C #4A4FB8 #B84A86

split-complementary

#B8B34A #4A86B8 #7C4AB8

monochromatic

#615F26 #8D8937 #B8B34A #C9C576 #DAD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8B34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B8B34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B34A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B34A	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)

#C1AD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.127 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c981',
    500: '#b8b34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b34a;
$custom-light: #d0c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 43.651,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75032,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B34A

secondary

#9699C7

accent

#5AD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B34A

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

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