#B8B537#B8B537

#B8B537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.143 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B537
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -13.87, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 62.68, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0442 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.143 108)
XYZ	xyz(36.9820, 43.5151, 10.0649)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B537 #373AB8

analogous

#B87537 #B8B537 #7AB837

triadic

#B8B537 #37B8B5 #B537B8

tetradic

#B8B537 #37B875 #373AB8 #B8377A

square

#B8B537 #37B875 #373AB8 #B8377A

split-complementary

#B8B537 #377AB8 #7537B8

monochromatic

#5A581B #898729 #B8B537 #CFCC5D #DDDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B8B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B537

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B537	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.143 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca76',
    500: '#b8b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b537;
$custom-light: #d1ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75302,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.43514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B537

secondary

#8485C7

accent

#4EDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B537

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

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