#B8B438#B8B438

#B8B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.141 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B438
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -13.31, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 61.93, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0426 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.141 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8036, 43.1196, 10.1249)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B438 #383CB8

analogous

#B87438 #B8B438 #7CB838

triadic

#B8B438 #38B8B4 #B438B8

tetradic

#B8B438 #38B874 #383CB8 #B8387C

square

#B8B438 #38B874 #383CB8 #B8387C

split-complementary

#B8B438 #387CB8 #7438B8

monochromatic

#5A581B #89862A #B8B438 #CECB5F #DDDA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B8B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B438

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B438	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)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.141 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca76',
    500: '#b8b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b438;
$custom-light: #d1ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75091,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B438

secondary

#8587C7

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B438

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

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