#B8B63B#B8B63B

#B8B63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.141 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B63B
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -14.17, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 61.55, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0447 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.141 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2858, 43.9632, 10.6585)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B63B #3B3DB8

analogous

#B8773B #B8B63B #7BB83B

triadic

#B8B63B #3BB8B6 #B63BB8

tetradic

#B8B63B #3BB877 #3B3DB8 #B83B7B

square

#B8B63B #3BB877 #3B3DB8 #B83B7B

split-complementary

#B8B63B #3B7BB8 #773BB8

monochromatic

#5B5A1D #8A882C #B8B63B #CDCB63 #DCDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8B63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#B8B63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B63B

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B63B	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)

#C5AF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.141 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cb78',
    500: '#b8b63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b63b;
$custom-light: #d1cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7555,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B63B

secondary

#8889C7

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B63B

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

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