#B8B53A#B8B53A

#B8B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.141 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B53A
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 68.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -13.71, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 61.55, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0435 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.141 108)
XYZ	xyz(37.0561, 43.5448, 10.4552)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B53A #3A3DB8

analogous

#B8763A #B8B53A #7CB83A

triadic

#B8B53A #3AB8B5 #B53AB8

tetradic

#B8B53A #3AB876 #3A3DB8 #B83A7C

square

#B8B53A #3AB876 #3A3DB8 #B83A7C

split-complementary

#B8B53A #3A7CB8 #763AB8

monochromatic

#5B591D #89872B #B8B53A #CDCB62 #DCDA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8B53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#B8B53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B53A

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B53A	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.141 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ca78',
    500: '#b8b53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b53a;
$custom-light: #d1ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75324,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.43544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B53A

secondary

#8788C7

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B53A

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

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