#B8B62E#B8B62E

#B8B62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.149 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B62E
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -14.80, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 66.18, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0477 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9897, 43.8447, 9.0986)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B62E #2E30B8

analogous

#B8712E #B8B62E #75B82E

triadic

#B8B62E #2EB8B6 #B62EB8

tetradic

#B8B62E #2EB871 #2E30B8 #B82E75

square

#B8B62E #2EB871 #2E30B8 #B82E75

split-complementary

#B8B62E #2E75B8 #712EB8

monochromatic

#565516 #878622 #B8B62E #D3D150 #DFDE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8B62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B8B62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B62E

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B62E	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)

#C5AE0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb72',
    500: '#b8b62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b62e;
$custom-light: #d1cb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.14926,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B62E

secondary

#797BC8

accent

#47E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B62E

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

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