#B8B656#B8B656

#B8B656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B656
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -12.30, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 49.94, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0365 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.119 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1758, 44.3192, 15.3458)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B656 #5658B8

analogous

#B88556 #B8B656 #89B856

triadic

#B8B656 #56B8B6 #B656B8

tetradic

#B8B656 #56B885 #5658B8 #B85689

square

#B8B656 #56B885 #5658B8 #B85689

split-complementary

#B8B656 #5689B8 #8556B8

monochromatic

#68672C #93913E #B8B656 #CAC981 #DCDBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#B8B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B656

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B656	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcb88',
    500: '#b8b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b656;
$custom-light: #cfcb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75816,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B656

secondary

#A0A1CA

accent

#5AD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B656

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

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