#B8B337#B8B337

#B8B337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.141 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B337
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -12.84, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 61.94, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0414 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.141 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5782, 42.7076, 9.9303)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B337 #373CB8

analogous

#B87237 #B8B337 #7DB837

triadic

#B8B337 #37B8B3 #B337B8

tetradic

#B8B337 #37B872 #373CB8 #B8377D

square

#B8B337 #37B872 #373CB8 #B8377D

split-complementary

#B8B337 #377DB8 #7237B8

monochromatic

#5A571B #898529 #B8B337 #CFCA5D #DDDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8B337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B8B337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B337

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B337	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.141 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c976',
    500: '#b8b337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b337;
$custom-light: #d1c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74866,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B337

secondary

#8486C7

accent

#50DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B337

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

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