#B8B341#B8B341

#B8B341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.134 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B341
RGB	rgb(184, 179, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -12.28, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 58.00, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0387 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.134 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8427, 42.8134, 11.3231)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B341 #4146B8

analogous

#B87841 #B8B341 #82B841

triadic

#B8B341 #41B8B3 #B341B8

tetradic

#B8B341 #41B878 #4146B8 #B84182

square

#B8B341 #41B878 #4146B8 #B84182

split-complementary

#B8B341 #4182B8 #7841B8

monochromatic

#5E5B21 #8B8731 #B8B341 #CBC76B #DBD899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8B341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B8B341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B341

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B341	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 179, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.134 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c97b',
    500: '#b8b341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b341;
$custom-light: #d0c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74946,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B341

secondary

#8E90C7

accent

#56D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B341

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

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