#B8BB59#B8BB59

#B8BB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.122 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BB59
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -14.61, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 50.75, 106.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0427 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.122 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3416, 46.4531, 16.3432)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BB59 #5C59BB

analogous

#BB8D59 #B8BB59 #87BB59

triadic

#B8BB59 #59B8BB #BB59B8

tetradic

#B8BB59 #59BB8D #5C59BB #BB5987

square

#B8BB59 #59BB8D #5C59BB #BB5987

split-complementary

#B8BB59 #5987BB #8D59BB

monochromatic

#6B6D2D #96983E #B8BB59 #CBCD84 #DDDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B8BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B8BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BB59

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BB59	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.122 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcf8b',
    500: '#b8bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bb59;
$custom-light: #cfcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.837,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7694,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BB59

secondary

#A4A3CD

accent

#56D25A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BB59

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

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