#B8B42A#B8B42A

#B8B42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.149 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B42A
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -13.94, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 66.73, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0456 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.149 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5078, 43.0013, 8.5670)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B42A #2A2EB8

analogous

#B86D2A #B8B42A #75B82A

triadic

#B8B42A #2AB8B4 #B42AB8

tetradic

#B8B42A #2AB86D #2A2EB8 #B82A75

square

#B8B42A #2AB86D #2A2EB8 #B82A75

split-complementary

#B8B42A #2A75B8 #6D2AB8

monochromatic

#545313 #86831F #B8B42A #D6D24A #E1DE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B8B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B42A

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B42A	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca70',
    500: '#b8b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b42a;
$custom-light: #d1ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75001,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B42A

secondary

#7577C9

accent

#47E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B42A

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

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