#B8B237#B8B237

#B8B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.140 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B237
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -12.33, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 61.57, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0399 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.14 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3785, 42.3082, 9.8637)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B237 #373DB8

analogous

#B87137 #B8B237 #7EB837

triadic

#B8B237 #37B8B2 #B237B8

tetradic

#B8B237 #37B871 #373DB8 #B8377E

square

#B8B237 #37B871 #373DB8 #B8377E

split-complementary

#B8B237 #377EB8 #7137B8

monochromatic

#5A571B #898429 #B8B237 #CFC95D #DDD98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B8B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B237

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B237	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)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.140 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c876',
    500: '#b8b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b237;
$custom-light: #d1c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74648,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B237

secondary

#8487C7

accent

#51DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B237

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

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