#B8B52B#B8B52B

#B8B52B 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	#B8B52B
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -14.41, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 66.77, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0469 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.15 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7285, 43.4137, 8.7300)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B52B #2B2EB8

analogous

#B86E2B #B8B52B #75B82B

triadic

#B8B52B #2BB8B5 #B52BB8

tetradic

#B8B52B #2BB86E #2B2EB8 #B82B75

square

#B8B52B #2BB86E #2B2EB8 #B82B75

split-complementary

#B8B52B #2B75B8 #6E2BB8

monochromatic

#555314 #86841F #B8B52B #D5D24B #E1DE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B8B52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B52B

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B52B	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)

#C4AE04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.150 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca70',
    500: '#b8b52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b52b;
$custom-light: #d1ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75226,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B52B

secondary

#7678C9

accent

#46E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B52B

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

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