#B8B52A#B8B52A

#B8B52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.150 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B52A
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -14.45, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 67.08, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0471 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.15 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7104, 43.4065, 8.6346)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B52A #2A2DB8

analogous

#B86E2A #B8B52A #74B82A

triadic

#B8B52A #2AB8B5 #B52AB8

tetradic

#B8B52A #2AB86E #2A2DB8 #B82A74

square

#B8B52A #2AB86E #2A2DB8 #B82A74

split-complementary

#B8B52A #2A74B8 #6E2AB8

monochromatic

#545313 #86841F #B8B52A #D6D34A #E1DF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B8B52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B52A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B52A	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.150 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca70',
    500: '#b8b52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b52a;
$custom-light: #d1ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7522,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B52A

secondary

#7576C9

accent

#45E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B52A

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

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