#B8B037#B8B037

#B8B037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B037
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -11.30, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 60.84, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.037 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9835, 41.5182, 9.7321)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B037 #373FB8

analogous

#B87037 #B8B037 #80B837

triadic

#B8B037 #37B8B0 #B037B8

tetradic

#B8B037 #37B870 #373FB8 #B83780

square

#B8B037 #37B870 #373FB8 #B83780

split-complementary

#B8B037 #3780B8 #7037B8

monochromatic

#5A561B #898329 #B8B037 #CFC85D #DDD88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8B037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B8B037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B037

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B037	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)

#BFAA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c775',
    500: '#b8b037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b037;
$custom-light: #d1c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74213,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B037

secondary

#8488C7

accent

#54DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B037

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

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