#B8B36B#B8B36B

#B8B36B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.094 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B36B
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 41.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -8.74, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 38.34, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0242 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.094 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.5418, 43.4931, 20.2718)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B36B #6B70B8

analogous

#B88D6B #B8B36B #97B86B

triadic

#B8B36B #6BB8B3 #B36BB8

tetradic

#B8B36B #6BB88D #6B70B8 #B86B97

square

#B8B36B #6BB88D #6B70B8 #B86B97

split-complementary

#B8B36B #6B97B8 #8D6BB8

monochromatic

#726E37 #9B964B #B8B36B #CCC894 #E0DDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B8B36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B36B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B36B	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAE65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.094 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec996',
    500: '#b8b36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b36b;
$custom-light: #cec996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.104,
    "s": 35.16,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75461,
    "c": 0.09372,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B36B

secondary

#B0B2CF

accent

#64CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B36B

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

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