#B8BB2A#B8BB2A

#B8BB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.156 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BB2A
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 77.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -17.49, 66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 69.24, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0555 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.156 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9568, 45.8992, 9.0500)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BB2A #2D2ABB

analogous

#BB752A #B8BB2A #70BB2A

triadic

#B8BB2A #2AB8BB #BB2AB8

tetradic

#B8BB2A #2ABB75 #2D2ABB #BB2A70

square

#B8BB2A #2ABB75 #2D2ABB #BB2A70

split-complementary

#B8BB2A #2A70BB #752ABB

monochromatic

#565714 #87891F #B8BB2A #D4D74C #E0E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8BB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#B8BB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BB2A

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BB2A	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bb2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.156 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf70',
    500: '#b8bb2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bb2a;
$custom-light: #d1cf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bb2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.241,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76539,
    "c": 0.15622,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BB2A

secondary

#7876CA

accent

#41E645

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BB2A

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

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