#B8B230#B8B230

#B8B230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.144 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B230
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -12.67, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 64.08, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0415 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2225, 42.2458, 9.0420)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B230 #3036B8

analogous

#B86E30 #B8B230 #7AB830

triadic

#B8B230 #30B8B2 #B230B8

tetradic

#B8B230 #30B86E #3036B8 #B8307A

square

#B8B230 #30B86E #3036B8 #B8307A

split-complementary

#B8B230 #307AB8 #6E30B8

monochromatic

#575417 #878323 #B8B230 #D2CD53 #DFDB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B8B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B230

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B230	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c872',
    500: '#b8b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b230;
$custom-light: #d1c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.746,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B230

secondary

#7C7FC8

accent

#4DE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B230

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

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