#B8B238#B8B238

#B8B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.139 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B238
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -12.28, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 61.19, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0397 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.139 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4028, 42.3179, 9.9912)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B238 #383EB8

analogous

#B87238 #B8B238 #7EB838

triadic

#B8B238 #38B8B2 #B238B8

tetradic

#B8B238 #38B872 #383EB8 #B8387E

square

#B8B238 #38B872 #383EB8 #B8387E

split-complementary

#B8B238 #387EB8 #7238B8

monochromatic

#5A571B #89852A #B8B238 #CEC95F #DDD98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B8B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B238

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B238	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)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.139 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c876',
    500: '#b8b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b238;
$custom-light: #d1c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74655,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B238

secondary

#8588C7

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B238

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

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