#B8B453#B8B453

#B8B453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.120 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B453
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 54.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -11.52, 49.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 50.49, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0345 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.12 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6508, 43.4585, 14.5869)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B453 #5357B8

analogous

#B88253 #B8B453 #89B853

triadic

#B8B453 #53B8B4 #B453B8

tetradic

#B8B453 #53B882 #5357B8 #B85389

square

#B8B453 #53B882 #5357B8 #B85389

split-complementary

#B8B453 #5389B8 #8253B8

monochromatic

#66642A #928E3C #B8B453 #CAC77E #DCDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B8B453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B453

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B453	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.120 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca86',
    500: '#b8b453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b453;
$custom-light: #d0ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75347,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B453

secondary

#9D9FC9

accent

#5BD156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B453

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

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