#B8B352#B8B352

#B8B352 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B352
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -11.08, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 50.53, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0334 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.12 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4114, 43.0409, 14.3180)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B352 #5257B8

analogous

#B88052 #B8B352 #8AB852

triadic

#B8B352 #52B8B3 #B352B8

tetradic

#B8B352 #52B880 #5257B8 #B8528A

square

#B8B352 #52B880 #5257B8 #B8528A

split-complementary

#B8B352 #528AB8 #8052B8

monochromatic

#66632A #918D3C #B8B352 #CAC67D #DCD9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8B352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B8B352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B352

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B352	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c986',
    500: '#b8b352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b352;
$custom-light: #d0c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75119,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B352

secondary

#9D9FC9

accent

#5CD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B352

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

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