#B8B42E#B8B42E

#B8B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.147 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B42E
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -13.78, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 65.46, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0448 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.147 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5830, 43.0314, 8.9631)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B42E #2E32B8

analogous

#B86F2E #B8B42E #77B82E

triadic

#B8B42E #2EB8B4 #B42EB8

tetradic

#B8B42E #2EB86F #2E32B8 #B82E77

square

#B8B42E #2EB86F #2E32B8 #B82E77

split-complementary

#B8B42E #2E77B8 #6F2EB8

monochromatic

#565416 #878422 #B8B42E #D3CF50 #DFDD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B8B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B42E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B42E	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.147 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca71',
    500: '#b8b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b42e;
$custom-light: #d1ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75024,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B42E

secondary

#797CC8

accent

#49E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B42E

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

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