#B8B772#B8B772

#B8B772 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.090 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B772
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 38%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -10.05, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 36.63, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0274 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.09 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7384, 45.2730, 22.5615)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B772 #7273B8

analogous

#B89472 #B8B772 #96B872

triadic

#B8B772 #72B8B7 #B772B8

tetradic

#B8B772 #72B894 #7273B8 #B87296

square

#B8B772 #72B894 #7273B8 #B87296

split-complementary

#B8B772 #7296B8 #9472B8

monochromatic

#75743B #9D9C4F #B8B772 #CCCC9B #E1E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B8B772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#B8B772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B772

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B772	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.090 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecc9b',
    500: '#b8b772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b772;
$custom-light: #cecc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 33.019,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76433,
    "c": 0.09037,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B772

secondary

#B5B5D1

accent

#60C95F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B772

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

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