#B8B031#B8B031

#B8B031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B031
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -11.59, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 63.03, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0384 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8483, 41.4641, 9.0202)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B031 #3139B8

analogous

#B86C31 #B8B031 #7DB831

triadic

#B8B031 #31B8B0 #B031B8

tetradic

#B8B031 #31B86C #3139B8 #B8317D

square

#B8B031 #31B86C #3139B8 #B8317D

split-complementary

#B8B031 #317DB8 #6C31B8

monochromatic

#575417 #888224 #B8B031 #D2CA55 #DED985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8B031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B8B031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B031

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B031	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c772',
    500: '#b8b031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b031;
$custom-light: #d1c772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74172,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B031

secondary

#7D81C8

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B031

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

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