#B8B235#B8B235

#B8B235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.141 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B235
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -12.43, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 62.31, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0404 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3316, 42.2895, 9.6164)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B235 #353BB8

analogous

#B87135 #B8B235 #7DB835

triadic

#B8B235 #35B8B2 #B235B8

tetradic

#B8B235 #35B871 #353BB8 #B8357D

square

#B8B235 #35B871 #353BB8 #B8357D

split-complementary

#B8B235 #357DB8 #7135B8

monochromatic

#59561A #888427 #B8B235 #D0CA5B #DDDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B8B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B235

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B235	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c875',
    500: '#b8b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b235;
$custom-light: #d1c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74634,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B235

secondary

#8185C7

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B235

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

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