#B8B375#B8B375

#B8B375 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.082 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B375
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 117)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 36.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -7.62, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 33.21, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0202 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.082 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0987, 43.7158, 23.2045)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B375 #757AB8

analogous

#B89275 #B8B375 #9CB875

triadic

#B8B375 #75B8B3 #B375B8

tetradic

#B8B375 #75B892 #757AB8 #B8759C

square

#B8B375 #75B892 #757AB8 #B8759C

split-complementary

#B8B375 #759CB8 #9275B8

monochromatic

#76723D #9E9951 #B8B375 #CDC99D #E2E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8B375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B8B375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B375

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B375	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.082 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec99d',
    500: '#b8b375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b375;
$custom-light: #cec99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 32.057,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75628,
    "c": 0.08212,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B375

secondary

#B7B9D2

accent

#67C860

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B375

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

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