#B8BA49#B8BA49

#B8BA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BA49
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -15.34, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 57.48, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0465 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.135 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5298, 45.7902, 13.1108)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BA49 #4B49BA

analogous

#BA8349 #B8BA49 #7FBA49

triadic

#B8BA49 #49B8BA #BA49B8

tetradic

#B8BA49 #49BA83 #4B49BA #BA497F

square

#B8BA49 #49BA83 #4B49BA #BA497F

split-complementary

#B8BA49 #497FBA #8349BA

monochromatic

#626326 #8E8F36 #B8BA49 #C9CB75 #DBDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B8BA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#B8BA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BA49

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BA49	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ce81',
    500: '#b8ba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ba49;
$custom-light: #d0ce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76547,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BA49

secondary

#9796C8

accent

#53D555

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BA49

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

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