#B8B138#B8B138

#B8B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.138 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B138
RGB	rgb(184, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -11.76, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 60.82, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0382 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.138 106)
XYZ	xyz(36.2045, 41.9214, 9.9252)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B138 #383FB8

analogous

#B87138 #B8B138 #7FB838

triadic

#B8B138 #38B8B1 #B138B8

tetradic

#B8B138 #38B871 #383FB8 #B8387F

square

#B8B138 #38B871 #383FB8 #B8387F

split-complementary

#B8B138 #387FB8 #7138B8

monochromatic

#5A571B #89842A #B8B138 #CEC85F #DDD88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B8B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B138

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B138	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)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.138 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c876',
    500: '#b8b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b138;
$custom-light: #d1c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.4192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B138

secondary

#8588C7

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B138

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

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