#B8B137#B8B137

#B8B137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.139 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B137
RGB	rgb(184, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -11.81, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 61.20, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0385 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.139 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1803, 41.9118, 9.7977)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B137 #373EB8

analogous

#B87137 #B8B137 #7FB837

triadic

#B8B137 #37B8B1 #B137B8

tetradic

#B8B137 #37B871 #373EB8 #B8377F

square

#B8B137 #37B871 #373EB8 #B8377F

split-complementary

#B8B137 #377FB8 #7137B8

monochromatic

#5A561B #898429 #B8B137 #CFC95D #DDD88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8B137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B8B137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B137

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B137	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.139 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c876',
    500: '#b8b137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b137;
$custom-light: #d1c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74431,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B137

secondary

#8487C7

accent

#52DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B137

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

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