#B8B535#B8B535

#B8B535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.144 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B535
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -13.97, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 63.41, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0447 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.144 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9350, 43.4963, 9.8175)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B535 #3538B8

analogous

#B87435 #B8B535 #7AB835

triadic

#B8B535 #35B8B5 #B535B8

tetradic

#B8B535 #35B874 #3538B8 #B8357A

square

#B8B535 #35B874 #3538B8 #B8357A

split-complementary

#B8B535 #357AB8 #7435B8

monochromatic

#59581A #888627 #B8B535 #D0CD5B #DDDB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8B535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B8B535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B535

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B535	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)

#C4AE1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.144 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca75',
    500: '#b8b535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b535;
$custom-light: #d1ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75288,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B535

secondary

#8183C7

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B535

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

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