#B8B72A#B8B72A

#B8B72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.152 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B72A
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -15.47, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 67.79, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0499 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.152 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1200, 44.2257, 8.7711)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B72A #2A2BB8

analogous

#B8702A #B8B72A #72B82A

triadic

#B8B72A #2AB8B7 #B72AB8

tetradic

#B8B72A #2AB870 #2A2BB8 #B82A72

square

#B8B72A #2AB870 #2A2BB8 #B82A72

split-complementary

#B8B72A #2A72B8 #702AB8

monochromatic

#545413 #86851F #B8B72A #D6D54A #E1E07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#B8B72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B72A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B72A	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)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.152 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc70',
    500: '#b8b72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b72a;
$custom-light: #d1cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B72A

secondary

#7575C9

accent

#43E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B72A

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

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