#B8B232#B8B232

#B8B232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.143 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B232
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 72.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -12.57, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 63.38, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0411 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2647, 42.2627, 9.2642)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B232 #3238B8

analogous

#B86F32 #B8B232 #7BB832

triadic

#B8B232 #32B8B2 #B232B8

tetradic

#B8B232 #32B86F #3238B8 #B8327B

square

#B8B232 #32B86F #3238B8 #B8327B

split-complementary

#B8B232 #327BB8 #6F32B8

monochromatic

#585518 #888325 #B8B232 #D1CC56 #DEDA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B8B232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B232

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B232	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)

#C1AB1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c873',
    500: '#b8b232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b232;
$custom-light: #d1c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74613,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B232

secondary

#7E81C8

accent

#4EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B232

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

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