#B8B52F#B8B52F

#B8B52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.148 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B52F
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 74.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -14.25, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 65.49, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0461 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.148 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8055, 43.4445, 9.1356)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B52F #2F32B8

analogous

#B8702F #B8B52F #76B82F

triadic

#B8B52F #2FB8B5 #B52FB8

tetradic

#B8B52F #2FB870 #2F32B8 #B82F76

square

#B8B52F #2FB870 #2F32B8 #B82F76

split-complementary

#B8B52F #2F76B8 #702FB8

monochromatic

#575516 #878523 #B8B52F #D3D052 #DFDD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B8B52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B52F

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B52F	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)

#C4AE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.148 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca72',
    500: '#b8b52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b52f;
$custom-light: #d1ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 59.307,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B52F

secondary

#7B7CC8

accent

#49E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B52F

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

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