#B8B233#B8B233

#B8B233 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	#B8B233
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -12.53, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 63.03, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0409 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2865, 42.2714, 9.3791)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B233 #3339B8

analogous

#B86F33 #B8B233 #7BB833

triadic

#B8B233 #33B8B2 #B233B8

tetradic

#B8B233 #33B86F #3339B8 #B8337B

square

#B8B233 #33B86F #3339B8 #B8337B

split-complementary

#B8B233 #337BB8 #6F33B8

monochromatic

#585518 #888426 #B8B233 #D1CB58 #DEDA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B8B233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B233

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B233	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)

#C1AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c874',
    500: '#b8b233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b233;
$custom-light: #d1c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B233

secondary

#7F82C8

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B233

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

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