#B8B650#B8B650

#B8B650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.125 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B650
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 56.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -12.78, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 52.71, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0385 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.125 108)
XYZ	xyz(37.9442, 44.2265, 14.1256)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B650 #5052B8

analogous

#B88250 #B8B650 #86B850

triadic

#B8B650 #50B8B6 #B650B8

tetradic

#B8B650 #50B882 #5052B8 #B85086

square

#B8B650 #50B882 #5052B8 #B85086

split-complementary

#B8B650 #5086B8 #8250B8

monochromatic

#656429 #908F3B #B8B650 #CAC87C #DBDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#B8B650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B650

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B650	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.125 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb85',
    500: '#b8b650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b650;
$custom-light: #d0cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75747,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.44225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B650

secondary

#9B9CC9

accent

#58D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B650

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

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