#B8B530#B8B530

#B8B530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.147 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B530
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -14.20, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 65.15, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0458 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.147 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8260, 43.4527, 9.2431)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B530 #3033B8

analogous

#B87130 #B8B530 #77B830

triadic

#B8B530 #30B8B5 #B530B8

tetradic

#B8B530 #30B871 #3033B8 #B83077

square

#B8B530 #30B871 #3033B8 #B83077

split-complementary

#B8B530 #3077B8 #7130B8

monochromatic

#575617 #878523 #B8B530 #D2CF53 #DFDD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B8B530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B530

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B530	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.147 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca72',
    500: '#b8b530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b530;
$custom-light: #d1ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75255,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B530

secondary

#7C7DC8

accent

#49E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B530

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

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