#B8B039#B8B039

#B8B039 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	#B8B039
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -11.19, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 60.07, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0365 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0324, 41.5377, 9.9897)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B039 #3941B8

analogous

#B87039 #B8B039 #81B839

triadic

#B8B039 #39B8B0 #B039B8

tetradic

#B8B039 #39B870 #3941B8 #B83981

square

#B8B039 #39B870 #3941B8 #B83981

split-complementary

#B8B039 #3981B8 #7039B8

monochromatic

#5B571C #89832B #B8B039 #CEC760 #DCD78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8B039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B8B039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B039

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B039	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)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c777',
    500: '#b8b039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b039;
$custom-light: #d1c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74229,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B039

secondary

#868AC7

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B039

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

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