#B8B033#B8B033

#B8B033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.141 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B033
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -11.50, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 62.32, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.038 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8915, 41.4814, 9.2474)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B033 #333BB8

analogous

#B86D33 #B8B033 #7DB833

triadic

#B8B033 #33B8B0 #B033B8

tetradic

#B8B033 #33B86D #333BB8 #B8337D

square

#B8B033 #33B86D #333BB8 #B8337D

split-complementary

#B8B033 #337DB8 #6D33B8

monochromatic

#585418 #888226 #B8B033 #D1C958 #DED988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8B033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B8B033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B033

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B033	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c773',
    500: '#b8b033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b033;
$custom-light: #d1c773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74185,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B033

secondary

#7F83C8

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B033

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

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