#B8B038#B8B038

#B8B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B038
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -11.25, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 60.46, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0367 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0077, 41.5279, 9.8596)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B038 #3840B8

analogous

#B87038 #B8B038 #80B838

triadic

#B8B038 #38B8B0 #B038B8

tetradic

#B8B038 #38B870 #3840B8 #B83880

square

#B8B038 #38B870 #3840B8 #B83880

split-complementary

#B8B038 #3880B8 #7038B8

monochromatic

#5A561B #89832A #B8B038 #CEC75F #DDD88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B8B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B038

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B038	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c776',
    500: '#b8b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b038;
$custom-light: #d1c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B038

secondary

#8589C7

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B038

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

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