#B8B545#B8B545

#B8B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B545
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 62.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -13.06, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 57.12, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0405 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.133 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3664, 43.6689, 12.0897)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B545 #4548B8

analogous

#B87C45 #B8B545 #82B845

triadic

#B8B545 #45B8B5 #B545B8

tetradic

#B8B545 #45B87C #4548B8 #B84582

square

#B8B545 #45B87C #4548B8 #B84582

split-complementary

#B8B545 #4582B8 #7C45B8

monochromatic

#5F5D24 #8B8934 #B8B545 #CAC771 #DAD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B8B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B545

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B545	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca7e',
    500: '#b8b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b545;
$custom-light: #d0ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75418,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B545

secondary

#9293C7

accent

#56D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B545

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

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