#B8B339#B8B339

#B8B339 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 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B339
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 69%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -12.74, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 61.18, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0409 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(36.6272, 42.7272, 10.1879)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B339 #393EB8

analogous

#B87439 #B8B339 #7DB839

triadic

#B8B339 #39B8B3 #B339B8

tetradic

#B8B339 #39B874 #393EB8 #B8397D

square

#B8B339 #39B874 #393EB8 #B8397D

split-complementary

#B8B339 #397DB8 #7439B8

monochromatic

#5B581C #89862B #B8B339 #CECA60 #DCD98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8B339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B8B339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B339

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B339	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c977',
    500: '#b8b339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b339;
$custom-light: #d1c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 52.697,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74881,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.42726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B339

secondary

#8688C7

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B339

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

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