#B8B731#B8B731

#B8B731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.149 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B731
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -15.18, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 65.55, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0485 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.149 109)
XYZ	xyz(37.2564, 44.2802, 9.4895)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B731 #3132B8

analogous

#B87431 #B8B731 #75B831

triadic

#B8B731 #31B8B7 #B731B8

tetradic

#B8B731 #31B874 #3132B8 #B83175

square

#B8B731 #31B874 #3132B8 #B83175

split-complementary

#B8B731 #3175B8 #7431B8

monochromatic

#575717 #888724 #B8B731 #D2D155 #DEDE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#B8B731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B731

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B731	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.149 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc73',
    500: '#b8b731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b731;
$custom-light: #d1cc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75699,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.44279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B731

secondary

#7D7DC8

accent

#48E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B731

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

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