#B8B430#B8B430

#B8B430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B430
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -13.69, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 64.79, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0444 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6234, 43.0475, 9.1756)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B430 #3034B8

analogous

#B87030 #B8B430 #78B830

triadic

#B8B430 #30B8B4 #B430B8

tetradic

#B8B430 #30B870 #3034B8 #B83078

square

#B8B430 #30B870 #3034B8 #B83078

split-complementary

#B8B430 #3078B8 #7030B8

monochromatic

#575517 #878523 #B8B430 #D2CE53 #DFDC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8B430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B8B430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B430

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B430	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca72',
    500: '#b8b430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b430;
$custom-light: #d1ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75036,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B430

secondary

#7C7EC8

accent

#4BE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B430

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

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