#B8B730#B8B730

#B8B730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.149 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B730
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -15.22, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 65.88, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0487 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.149 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2355, 44.2719, 9.3796)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B730 #3031B8

analogous

#B87330 #B8B730 #75B830

triadic

#B8B730 #30B8B7 #B730B8

tetradic

#B8B730 #30B873 #3031B8 #B83075

square

#B8B730 #30B873 #3031B8 #B83075

split-complementary

#B8B730 #3075B8 #7330B8

monochromatic

#575617 #878723 #B8B730 #D2D153 #DFDE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B8B730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B730

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B730	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.149 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc73',
    500: '#b8b730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b730;
$custom-light: #d1cc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75693,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B730

secondary

#7C7CC8

accent

#47E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B730

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

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