#B8B538#B8B538

#B8B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.142 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B538
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -13.82, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 62.31, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.044 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.142 108)
XYZ	xyz(37.0062, 43.5248, 10.1924)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B538 #383BB8

analogous

#B87538 #B8B538 #7BB838

triadic

#B8B538 #38B8B5 #B538B8

tetradic

#B8B538 #38B875 #383BB8 #B8387B

square

#B8B538 #38B875 #383BB8 #B8387B

split-complementary

#B8B538 #387BB8 #7538B8

monochromatic

#5A591B #89872A #B8B538 #CECC5F #DDDB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B8B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B538

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B538	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)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.142 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca77',
    500: '#b8b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b538;
$custom-light: #d1ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75309,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.43524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B538

secondary

#8586C7

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B538

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

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