#B8B366#B8B366

#B8B366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.099 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B366
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 44.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -9.27, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 40.86, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0261 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.099 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2863, 43.3909, 18.9262)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B366 #666BB8

analogous

#B88A66 #B8B366 #94B866

triadic

#B8B366 #66B8B3 #B366B8

tetradic

#B8B366 #66B88A #666BB8 #B86694

square

#B8B366 #66B88A #666BB8 #B86694

split-complementary

#B8B366 #6694B8 #8A66B8

monochromatic

#706C34 #9A9547 #B8B366 #CBC890 #DFDDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B8B366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B366

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B366	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.099 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc993',
    500: '#b8b366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b366;
$custom-light: #cfc993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 36.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B366

secondary

#ACAECE

accent

#62CD5B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F1

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B366

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

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