#B8B552#B8B552

#B8B552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.122 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B552
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -12.11, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 51.37, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0364 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.122 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8151, 43.8484, 14.4526)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B552 #5255B8

analogous

#B88252 #B8B552 #88B852

triadic

#B8B552 #52B8B5 #B552B8

tetradic

#B8B552 #52B882 #5255B8 #B85288

square

#B8B552 #52B882 #5255B8 #B85288

split-complementary

#B8B552 #5288B8 #8252B8

monochromatic

#66642A #918F3C #B8B552 #CAC87D #DCDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B8B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B552

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B552	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.122 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb86',
    500: '#b8b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b552;
$custom-light: #d0cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75552,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B552

secondary

#9D9EC9

accent

#5AD256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B552

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

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