#B8B636#B8B636

#B8B636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.145 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B636
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -14.43, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 63.42, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0459 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.145 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1623, 43.9138, 10.0079)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B636 #3638B8

analogous

#B87536 #B8B636 #79B836

triadic

#B8B636 #36B8B6 #B636B8

tetradic

#B8B636 #36B875 #3638B8 #B83679

square

#B8B636 #36B875 #3638B8 #B83679

split-complementary

#B8B636 #3679B8 #7536B8

monochromatic

#59581A #898728 #B8B636 #CFCD5C #DDDC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8B636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#B8B636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B636

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B636	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.145 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb76',
    500: '#b8b636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b636;
$custom-light: #d1cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75514,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B636

secondary

#8284C7

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B636

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

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