#B8B338#B8B338

#B8B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B338
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -12.79, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 61.56, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0411 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(36.6025, 42.7173, 10.0578)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B338 #383DB8

analogous

#B87338 #B8B338 #7DB838

triadic

#B8B338 #38B8B3 #B338B8

tetradic

#B8B338 #38B873 #383DB8 #B8387D

square

#B8B338 #38B873 #383DB8 #B8387D

split-complementary

#B8B338 #387DB8 #7338B8

monochromatic

#5A581B #89852A #B8B338 #CECA5F #DDD98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B8B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B338

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B338	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)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c976',
    500: '#b8b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b338;
$custom-light: #d1c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.42716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B338

secondary

#8587C7

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B338

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

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