#B8B534#B8B534

#B8B534 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	#B8B534
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -14.02, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 63.77, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0449 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.145 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9123, 43.4872, 9.6976)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B534 #3437B8

analogous

#B87334 #B8B534 #79B834

triadic

#B8B534 #34B8B5 #B534B8

tetradic

#B8B534 #34B873 #3437B8 #B83479

square

#B8B534 #34B873 #3437B8 #B83479

split-complementary

#B8B534 #3479B8 #7334B8

monochromatic

#595719 #888627 #B8B534 #D0CD59 #DEDC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B8B534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B534

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B534	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)

#C4AE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.145 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca74',
    500: '#b8b534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b534;
$custom-light: #d1ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75281,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B534

secondary

#8082C8

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B534

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

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