#B8B640#B8B640

#B8B640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.138 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B640
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -13.88, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 59.58, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0433 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.138 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4218, 44.0175, 11.3745)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B640 #4042B8

analogous

#B87A40 #B8B640 #7EB840

triadic

#B8B640 #40B8B6 #B640B8

tetradic

#B8B640 #40B87A #4042B8 #B8407E

square

#B8B640 #40B87A #4042B8 #B8407E

split-complementary

#B8B640 #407EB8 #7A40B8

monochromatic

#5D5C20 #8B8930 #B8B640 #CBCA6A #DBDA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8B640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B8B640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B640

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B640	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb7b',
    500: '#b8b640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b640;
$custom-light: #d0cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75591,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B640

secondary

#8D8EC7

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B640

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

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