#B8B036#B8B036

#B8B036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.139 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B036
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -11.35, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 61.21, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0372 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.139 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9598, 41.5087, 9.6071)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B036 #363EB8

analogous

#B86F36 #B8B036 #7FB836

triadic

#B8B036 #36B8B0 #B036B8

tetradic

#B8B036 #36B86F #363EB8 #B8367F

square

#B8B036 #36B86F #363EB8 #B8367F

split-complementary

#B8B036 #367FB8 #6F36B8

monochromatic

#59551A #898328 #B8B036 #CFC85C #DDD88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8B036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B8B036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B036

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B036	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)

#BFAA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.139 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c775',
    500: '#b8b036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b036;
$custom-light: #d1c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74206,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B036

secondary

#8287C7

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B036

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

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