#B8B63A#B8B63A
#B8B63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.142 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B8B63A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(184, 182, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 52%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 68%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.5%, 27.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.20, -14.22, 60.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.20, 61.94, 103.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.54% -0.0449 0.1347) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.54% 0.142 108.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.2602, 43.9529, 10.5232) |
| Luminance | 0.4395 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.20
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.25
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.32
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.56
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.03
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B8B63A #3A3CB8
analogous
#B8773A #B8B63A #7BB83A
triadic
#B8B63A #3AB8B6 #B63AB8
tetradic
#B8B63A #3AB877 #3A3CB8 #B83A7B
square
#B8B63A #3AB877 #3A3CB8 #B83A7B
split-complementary
#B8B63A #3A7BB8 #773AB8
monochromatic
#5B5A1D #89882B #B8B63A #CDCC62 #DCDB90
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#B8B63A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.79
#B8B63A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B8B63A
9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B8B63A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B8B63A | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.79 | 9.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5AF27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B343
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C5AA9D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b8b63a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.142 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1cb78',
500: '#b8b63a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b8b63a; $custom-light: #d1cb78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b8b63a",
"rgb": {
"r": 184,
"g": 182,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.048,
"s": 52.066,
"l": 47.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75543,
"c": 0.14195,
"h": 108.5
},
"luminance": 0.43952
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B8B63A
secondary
#8788C7
accent
#4FDC4C
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8EE
border
#D3D1C9
text
#141309
muted
#83827B