#B8B23E#B8B23E

#B8B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.135 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B23E
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -11.95, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 58.84, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0381 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.135 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5584, 42.3802, 10.8109)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B23E #3E44B8

analogous

#B8753E #B8B23E #81B83E

triadic

#B8B23E #3EB8B2 #B23EB8

tetradic

#B8B23E #3EB875 #3E44B8 #B83E81

square

#B8B23E #3EB875 #3E44B8 #B83E81

split-complementary

#B8B23E #3E81B8 #753EB8

monochromatic

#5C591F #8A862F #B8B23E #CCC767 #DBD895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B8B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B23E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B23E	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.135 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c87a',
    500: '#b8b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b23e;
$custom-light: #d0c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74703,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B23E

secondary

#8B8EC7

accent

#55D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B23E

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

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