#B8B641#B8B641

#B8B641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B641
RGB	rgb(184, 182, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -13.82, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 59.18, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0431 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.137 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4505, 44.0290, 11.5257)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B641 #4143B8

analogous

#B87B41 #B8B641 #7FB841

triadic

#B8B641 #41B8B6 #B641B8

tetradic

#B8B641 #41B87B #4143B8 #B8417F

square

#B8B641 #41B87B #4143B8 #B8417F

split-complementary

#B8B641 #417FB8 #7B41B8

monochromatic

#5E5D21 #8B8931 #B8B641 #CBC96B #DBDA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8B641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#B8B641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B641

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B641	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 182, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cb7c',
    500: '#b8b641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b641;
$custom-light: #d0cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.756,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B641

secondary

#8E8FC7

accent

#53D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B641

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

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