#B8B23D#B8B23D

#B8B23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.136 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B23D
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -12.00, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 59.24, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0384 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.136 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5312, 42.3693, 10.6678)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B23D #3D43B8

analogous

#B8743D #B8B23D #80B83D

triadic

#B8B23D #3DB8B2 #B23DB8

tetradic

#B8B23D #3DB874 #3D43B8 #B83D80

square

#B8B23D #3DB874 #3D43B8 #B83D80

split-complementary

#B8B23D #3D80B8 #743DB8

monochromatic

#5C591F #8A862E #B8B23D #CCC766 #DBD894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B8B23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B23D

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B23D	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)

#C1AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.136 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c879',
    500: '#b8b23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b23d;
$custom-light: #d0c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74695,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B23D

secondary

#8A8DC7

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B23D

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

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