#B8B43F#B8B43F
#B8B43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.136 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B8B43F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(184, 180, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 49%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 66%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 65.8%, 27.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.69, -12.92, 57.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.69, 59.21, 102.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.15% -0.0407 0.1302) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.15% 0.136 107.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.9869, 43.1929, 11.0904) |
| Luminance | 0.4319 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.63
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.92
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 5.02
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.40
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.43
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B8B43F #3F43B8
analogous
#B8783F #B8B43F #7FB83F
triadic
#B8B43F #3FB8B4 #B43FB8
tetradic
#B8B43F #3FB878 #3F43B8 #B83F7F
square
#B8B43F #3FB878 #3F43B8 #B83F7F
split-complementary
#B8B43F #3F7FB8 #783FB8
monochromatic
#5D5B20 #8A872F #B8B43F #CCC869 #DBD996
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#B8B43F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.64
#B8B43F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B8B43F
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B8B43F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B8B43F | 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)
#C3AD2F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B246
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C5A99C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b8b43f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.136 107.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d0ca7a',
500: '#b8b43f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b8b43f; $custom-light: #d0ca7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b8b43f",
"rgb": {
"r": 184,
"g": 180,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.017,
"s": 48.988,
"l": 48.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75146,
"c": 0.13642,
"h": 107.4
},
"luminance": 0.43192
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B8B43F
secondary
#8C8EC7
accent
#54D94F
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8EE
border
#D3D1C9
text
#14130A
muted
#83827C