#B8B42B#B8B42B

#B8B42B 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	#B8B42B
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -13.90, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 66.42, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0454 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.149 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5259, 43.0085, 8.6625)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B42B #2B2FB8

analogous

#B86E2B #B8B42B #76B82B

triadic

#B8B42B #2BB8B4 #B42BB8

tetradic

#B8B42B #2BB86E #2B2FB8 #B82B76

square

#B8B42B #2BB86E #2B2FB8 #B82B76

split-complementary

#B8B42B #2B76B8 #6E2BB8

monochromatic

#555314 #86831F #B8B42B #D5D14B #E1DE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8B42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B8B42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B42B

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B42B	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)

#C3AD05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca70',
    500: '#b8b42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b42b;
$custom-light: #d1ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75007,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B42B

secondary

#7678C9

accent

#47E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B42B

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

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