#B8B52D#B8B52D

#B8B52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.149 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B52D
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 75.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -14.33, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 66.14, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0465 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.149 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7661, 43.4288, 8.9280)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B52D #2D30B8

analogous

#B86F2D #B8B52D #76B82D

triadic

#B8B52D #2DB8B5 #B52DB8

tetradic

#B8B52D #2DB86F #2D30B8 #B82D76

square

#B8B52D #2DB86F #2D30B8 #B82D76

split-complementary

#B8B52D #2D76B8 #6F2DB8

monochromatic

#565415 #878521 #B8B52D #D4D14E #E0DE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B8B52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B52D

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B52D	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)

#C4AE0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.149 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca71',
    500: '#b8b52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b52d;
$custom-light: #d1ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 60.699,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75237,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B52D

secondary

#787AC9

accent

#47E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B52D

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

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