#B8B431#B8B431

#B8B431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; 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	#B8B431
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -13.65, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 64.45, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0442 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6442, 43.0559, 9.2855)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B431 #3135B8

analogous

#B87031 #B8B431 #78B831

triadic

#B8B431 #31B8B4 #B431B8

tetradic

#B8B431 #31B870 #3135B8 #B83178

square

#B8B431 #31B870 #3135B8 #B83178

split-complementary

#B8B431 #3178B8 #7031B8

monochromatic

#575517 #888524 #B8B431 #D2CE55 #DEDC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8B431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B8B431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B431

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B431	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#C3AD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca73',
    500: '#b8b431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b431;
$custom-light: #d1ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75043,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B431

secondary

#7D7FC8

accent

#4BE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B431

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

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