#B8B33B#B8B33B

#B8B33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.138 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B33B
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -12.63, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 60.41, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0403 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.138 107)
XYZ	xyz(36.6780, 42.7475, 10.4559)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B33B #3B40B8

analogous

#B8743B #B8B33B #7EB83B

triadic

#B8B33B #3BB8B3 #B33BB8

tetradic

#B8B33B #3BB874 #3B40B8 #B83B7E

square

#B8B33B #3BB874 #3B40B8 #B83B7E

split-complementary

#B8B33B #3B7EB8 #743BB8

monochromatic

#5B591D #8A862C #B8B33B #CDC963 #DCD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8B33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B8B33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B33B

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B33B	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)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.138 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c978',
    500: '#b8b33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b33b;
$custom-light: #d1c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74896,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.42746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B33B

secondary

#888AC7

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B33B

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

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