#B8B336#B8B336

#B8B336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.142 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B336
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -12.90, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 62.31, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0416 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.142 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5545, 42.6981, 9.8053)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B336 #363BB8

analogous

#B87236 #B8B336 #7CB836

triadic

#B8B336 #36B8B3 #B336B8

tetradic

#B8B336 #36B872 #363BB8 #B8367C

square

#B8B336 #36B872 #363BB8 #B8367C

split-complementary

#B8B336 #367CB8 #7236B8

monochromatic

#59571A #898528 #B8B336 #CFCB5C #DDDA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8B336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B8B336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B336

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B336	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.142 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c975',
    500: '#b8b336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b336;
$custom-light: #d1c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74858,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B336

secondary

#8285C7

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B336

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

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