#B8B53D#B8B53D

#B8B53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.139 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B53D
RGB	rgb(184, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 66.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -13.55, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 60.39, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0427 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.139 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1347, 43.5762, 10.8689)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B53D #3D40B8

analogous

#B8783D #B8B53D #7DB83D

triadic

#B8B53D #3DB8B5 #B53DB8

tetradic

#B8B53D #3DB878 #3D40B8 #B83D7D

square

#B8B53D #3DB878 #3D40B8 #B83D7D

split-complementary

#B8B53D #3D7DB8 #783DB8

monochromatic

#5C5B1F #8A882E #B8B53D #CCCA66 #DBDA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8B53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B8B53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B53D

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B53D	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.139 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ca79',
    500: '#b8b53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b53d;
$custom-light: #d0ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B53D

secondary

#8A8BC7

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B53D

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

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