#B8B333#B8B333

#B8B333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.144 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B333
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -13.04, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 63.39, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0423 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.144 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4862, 42.6708, 9.4457)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B333 #3338B8

analogous

#B87033 #B8B333 #7AB833

triadic

#B8B333 #33B8B3 #B333B8

tetradic

#B8B333 #33B870 #3338B8 #B8337A

square

#B8B333 #33B870 #3338B8 #B8337A

split-complementary

#B8B333 #337AB8 #7033B8

monochromatic

#585618 #888426 #B8B333 #D1CC58 #DEDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8B333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B8B333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B333

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B333	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.144 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c974',
    500: '#b8b333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b333;
$custom-light: #d1c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74838,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B333

secondary

#7F82C8

accent

#4EE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B333

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

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