#B8B531#B8B531

#B8B531 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	#B8B531
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -14.16, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 64.81, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0456 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.147 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8468, 43.4611, 9.3530)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B531 #3134B8

analogous

#B87231 #B8B531 #77B831

triadic

#B8B531 #31B8B5 #B531B8

tetradic

#B8B531 #31B872 #3134B8 #B83177

square

#B8B531 #31B872 #3134B8 #B83177

split-complementary

#B8B531 #3177B8 #7231B8

monochromatic

#575617 #888524 #B8B531 #D2CF55 #DEDC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B8B531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B531

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B531	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)

#C4AE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.147 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca73',
    500: '#b8b531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b531;
$custom-light: #d1ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75261,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B531

secondary

#7D7FC8

accent

#4AE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B531

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

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