#B8B43E#B8B43E

#B8B43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B43E
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -12.98, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 59.61, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.041 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.137 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9592, 43.1819, 10.9446)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B43E #3E42B8

analogous

#B8773E #B8B43E #7FB83E

triadic

#B8B43E #3EB8B4 #B43EB8

tetradic

#B8B43E #3EB877 #3E42B8 #B83E7F

square

#B8B43E #3EB877 #3E42B8 #B83E7F

split-complementary

#B8B43E #3E7FB8 #773EB8

monochromatic

#5C5A1F #8A872F #B8B43E #CCC967 #DBD995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B8B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B43E

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B43E	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca7a',
    500: '#b8b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b43e;
$custom-light: #d0ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75138,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B43E

secondary

#8B8DC7

accent

#53D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B43E

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

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