#B8B23C#B8B23C

#B8B23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B23C
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 67.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -12.06, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 59.64, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0386 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.137 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5045, 42.3586, 10.5272)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B23C #3C42B8

analogous

#B8743C #B8B23C #80B83C

triadic

#B8B23C #3CB8B2 #B23CB8

tetradic

#B8B23C #3CB874 #3C42B8 #B83C80

square

#B8B23C #3CB874 #3C42B8 #B83C80

split-complementary

#B8B23C #3C80B8 #743CB8

monochromatic

#5C591E #8A852D #B8B23C #CDC865 #DCD893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B8B23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B23C

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B23C	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)

#C1AB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c878',
    500: '#b8b23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b23c;
$custom-light: #d0c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B23C

secondary

#898CC7

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B23C

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

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