#B8BA2A#B8BA2A

#B8BA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.155 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BA2A
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -16.98, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 68.87, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0541 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.155 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7454, 45.4764, 8.9796)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BA2A #2C2ABA

analogous

#BA742A #B8BA2A #70BA2A

triadic

#B8BA2A #2AB8BA #BA2AB8

tetradic

#B8BA2A #2ABA74 #2C2ABA #BA2A70

square

#B8BA2A #2ABA74 #2C2ABA #BA2A70

split-complementary

#B8BA2A #2A70BA #742ABA

monochromatic

#555613 #87881F #B8BA2A #D4D64B #E0E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B8BA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#B8BA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BA2A

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BA2A	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.155 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce70',
    500: '#b8ba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ba2a;
$custom-light: #d1ce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.833,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.15523,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BA2A

secondary

#7776CA

accent

#42E644

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BA2A

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

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