#B8B637#B8B637

#B8B637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.144 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B637
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -14.38, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 63.06, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0457 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.144 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1860, 43.9232, 10.1329)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B637 #3739B8

analogous

#B87637 #B8B637 #7AB837

triadic

#B8B637 #37B8B6 #B637B8

tetradic

#B8B637 #37B876 #3739B8 #B8377A

square

#B8B637 #37B876 #3739B8 #B8377A

split-complementary

#B8B637 #377AB8 #7637B8

monochromatic

#5A591B #898729 #B8B637 #CFCD5D #DDDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8B637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#B8B637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B637

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B637	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)

#C5AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.144 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb76',
    500: '#b8b637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b637;
$custom-light: #d1cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75521,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B637

secondary

#8485C7

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B637

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

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