#B8B23B#B8B23B

#B8B23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B23B
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -12.12, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 60.03, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0389 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.137 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4783, 42.3482, 10.3893)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B23B #3B41B8

analogous

#B8733B #B8B23B #7FB83B

triadic

#B8B23B #3BB8B2 #B23BB8

tetradic

#B8B23B #3BB873 #3B41B8 #B83B7F

square

#B8B23B #3BB873 #3B41B8 #B83B7F

split-complementary

#B8B23B #3B7FB8 #733BB8

monochromatic

#5B581D #8A852C #B8B23B #CDC863 #DCD892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B8B23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B23B

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B23B	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)

#C1AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c878',
    500: '#b8b23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b23b;
$custom-light: #d1c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74679,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B23B

secondary

#888BC7

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B23B

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

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