#B8B72C#B8B72C

#B8B72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.151 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B72C
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 76.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -15.39, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 67.18, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0495 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.151 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1567, 44.2403, 8.9643)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B72C #2C2DB8

analogous

#B8712C #B8B72C #73B82C

triadic

#B8B72C #2CB8B7 #B72CB8

tetradic

#B8B72C #2CB871 #2C2DB8 #B82C73

square

#B8B72C #2CB871 #2C2DB8 #B82C73

split-complementary

#B8B72C #2C73B8 #712CB8

monochromatic

#555514 #878620 #B8B72C #D4D34D #E0DF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B8B72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B72C

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B72C	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.151 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc71',
    500: '#b8b72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b72c;
$custom-light: #d1cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7567,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B72C

secondary

#7778C9

accent

#44E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B72C

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

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