#B8B236#B8B236

#B8B236 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	#B8B236
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -12.38, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 61.94, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0402 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3548, 42.2988, 9.7388)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B236 #363CB8

analogous

#B87136 #B8B236 #7DB836

triadic

#B8B236 #36B8B2 #B236B8

tetradic

#B8B236 #36B871 #363CB8 #B8367D

square

#B8B236 #36B871 #363CB8 #B8367D

split-complementary

#B8B236 #367DB8 #7136B8

monochromatic

#59561A #898428 #B8B236 #CFCA5C #DDD98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B8B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B236

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B236	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)

#C1AB21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c875',
    500: '#b8b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b236;
$custom-light: #d1c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74641,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B236

secondary

#8286C7

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B236

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

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