#B8B23A#B8B23A

#B8B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.138 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B23A
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -12.17, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 60.42, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0391 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.138 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4527, 42.3379, 10.2540)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B23A #3A40B8

analogous

#B8733A #B8B23A #7FB83A

triadic

#B8B23A #3AB8B2 #B23AB8

tetradic

#B8B23A #3AB873 #3A40B8 #B83A7F

square

#B8B23A #3AB873 #3A40B8 #B83A7F

split-complementary

#B8B23A #3A7FB8 #733AB8

monochromatic

#5B581D #89852B #B8B23A #CDC862 #DCD890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B8B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B23A

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B23A	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.138 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c877',
    500: '#b8b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b23a;
$custom-light: #d1c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74671,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B23A

secondary

#878AC7

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B23A

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

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