#B8BB49#B8BB49

#B8BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BB49
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -15.85, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 57.90, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0479 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.136 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7412, 46.2130, 13.1812)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BB49 #4C49BB

analogous

#BB8549 #B8BB49 #7FBB49

triadic

#B8BB49 #49B8BB #BB49B8

tetradic

#B8BB49 #49BB85 #4C49BB #BB497F

square

#B8BB49 #49BB85 #4C49BB #BB497F

split-complementary

#B8BB49 #497FBB #8549BB

monochromatic

#636425 #8E9136 #B8BB49 #C9CC76 #DBDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B8BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B8BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BB49

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BB49	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cf81',
    500: '#b8bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bb49;
$custom-light: #d0cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76766,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BB49

secondary

#9897C9

accent

#53D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BB49

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

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