#B8BB4A#B8BB4A
#B8BB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.135 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B8BB4A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(184, 187, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 45%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 60%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 60.4%, 26.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.69, -15.78, 55.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.69, 57.47, 105.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.78% -0.0476 0.1265) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.78% 0.135 110.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.7746, 46.2264, 13.3573) |
| Luminance | 0.4622 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.83
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 5.07
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 5.48
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.52
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 5.61
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B8BB4A #4D4ABB
analogous
#BB854A #B8BB4A #7FBB4A
triadic
#B8BB4A #4AB8BB #BB4AB8
tetradic
#B8BB4A #4ABB85 #4D4ABB #BB4A7F
square
#B8BB4A #4ABB85 #4D4ABB #BB4A7F
split-complementary
#B8BB4A #4A7FBB #854ABB
monochromatic
#636526 #8F9137 #B8BB4A #C9CC76 #DBDCA3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.05
#B8BB4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.25
#B8BB4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B8BB4A
10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B8BB4A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B8BB4A | 1.00 | 2.05 | 10.25 | 10.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.05 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B33D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB751
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4B0A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b8bb4a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.135 110.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d0cf81',
500: '#b8bb4a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b8bb4a; $custom-light: #d0cf81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b8bb4a",
"rgb": {
"r": 184,
"g": 187,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.593,
"s": 45.382,
"l": 51.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76776,
"c": 0.13518,
"h": 110.6
},
"luminance": 0.46225
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B8BB4A
secondary
#9997C9
accent
#53D556
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF9EF
border
#D3D2CA
text
#14130B
muted
#83827C