#B8B36F#B8B36F

#B8B36F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.089 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B36F
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 111)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 39.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -8.31, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 36.30, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0226 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.089 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7571, 43.5792, 21.4058)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B36F #6F74B8

analogous

#B88E6F #B8B36F #99B86F

triadic

#B8B36F #6FB8B3 #B36FB8

tetradic

#B8B36F #6FB88E #6F74B8 #B86F99

square

#B8B36F #6FB88E #6F74B8 #B86F99

split-complementary

#B8B36F #6F99B8 #8E6FB8

monochromatic

#747039 #9D974D #B8B36F #CCC998 #E0DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8B36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B8B36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B36F

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B36F	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.089 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec999',
    500: '#b8b36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b36f;
$custom-light: #cec999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 33.953,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75526,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B36F

secondary

#B3B5D0

accent

#65CA5E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B36F

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

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