#B8B43A#B8B43A

#B8B43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.140 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B43A
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -13.20, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 61.17, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.042 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.14 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8535, 43.1396, 10.3876)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B43A #3A3EB8

analogous

#B8753A #B8B43A #7DB83A

triadic

#B8B43A #3AB8B4 #B43AB8

tetradic

#B8B43A #3AB875 #3A3EB8 #B83A7D

square

#B8B43A #3AB875 #3A3EB8 #B83A7D

split-complementary

#B8B43A #3A7DB8 #753AB8

monochromatic

#5B591D #89862B #B8B43A #CDCA62 #DCDA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8B43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#B8B43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B43A

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B43A	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.140 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca77',
    500: '#b8b43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b43a;
$custom-light: #d1ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75106,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B43A

secondary

#8789C7

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B43A

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

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