#B8B533#B8B533

#B8B533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.145 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B533
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -14.07, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 64.12, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0452 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.145 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8900, 43.4783, 9.5803)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B533 #3336B8

analogous

#B87233 #B8B533 #78B833

triadic

#B8B533 #33B8B5 #B533B8

tetradic

#B8B533 #33B872 #3336B8 #B83378

square

#B8B533 #33B872 #3336B8 #B83378

split-complementary

#B8B533 #3378B8 #7233B8

monochromatic

#585718 #888626 #B8B533 #D1CE58 #DEDC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B8B533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B533

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B533	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.145 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca74',
    500: '#b8b533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b533;
$custom-light: #d1ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75274,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B533

secondary

#7F81C8

accent

#4BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B533

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

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