#B8B437#B8B437

#B8B437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.142 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B437
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -13.36, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 62.31, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0428 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.142 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7794, 43.1099, 9.9973)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B437 #373BB8

analogous

#B87437 #B8B437 #7BB837

triadic

#B8B437 #37B8B4 #B437B8

tetradic

#B8B437 #37B874 #373BB8 #B8377B

square

#B8B437 #37B874 #373BB8 #B8377B

split-complementary

#B8B437 #377BB8 #7437B8

monochromatic

#5A581B #898629 #B8B437 #CFCB5D #DDDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8B437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B8B437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B437

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B437	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.142 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca76',
    500: '#b8b437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b437;
$custom-light: #d1ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75084,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B437

secondary

#8486C7

accent

#4FDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B437

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

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