#B8B72E#B8B72E

#B8B72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.150 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B72E
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -15.31, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 66.54, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0491 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1952, 44.2557, 9.1671)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B72E #2E2FB8

analogous

#B8722E #B8B72E #74B82E

triadic

#B8B72E #2EB8B7 #B72EB8

tetradic

#B8B72E #2EB872 #2E2FB8 #B82E74

square

#B8B72E #2EB872 #2E2FB8 #B82E74

split-complementary

#B8B72E #2E74B8 #722EB8

monochromatic

#565616 #878622 #B8B72E #D3D250 #DFDF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B8B72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B72E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B72E	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)

#C6AF0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc72',
    500: '#b8b72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b72e;
$custom-light: #d1cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75681,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B72E

secondary

#797AC8

accent

#46E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B72E

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

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