#B8B42C#B8B42C

#B8B42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.148 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B42C
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -13.86, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 66.10, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0452 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.148 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5445, 43.0160, 8.7603)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B42C #2C30B8

analogous

#B86E2C #B8B42C #76B82C

triadic

#B8B42C #2CB8B4 #B42CB8

tetradic

#B8B42C #2CB86E #2C30B8 #B82C76

square

#B8B42C #2CB86E #2C30B8 #B82C76

split-complementary

#B8B42C #2C76B8 #6E2CB8

monochromatic

#555314 #878420 #B8B42C #D4D14D #E0DD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8B42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B8B42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B42C

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B42C	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)

#C3AD09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.148 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca70',
    500: '#b8b42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b42c;
$custom-light: #d1ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75013,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B42C

secondary

#7779C9

accent

#48E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B42C

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

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