#B8B733#B8B733

#B8B733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.147 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B733
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -15.09, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 64.86, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.048 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.147 109)
XYZ	xyz(37.2996, 44.2975, 9.7168)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B733 #3334B8

analogous

#B87433 #B8B733 #76B833

triadic

#B8B733 #33B8B7 #B733B8

tetradic

#B8B733 #33B874 #3334B8 #B83376

square

#B8B733 #33B874 #3334B8 #B83376

split-complementary

#B8B733 #3376B8 #7433B8

monochromatic

#585818 #888726 #B8B733 #D1D058 #DEDD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#B8B733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B733

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B733	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)

#C6AF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.147 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc74',
    500: '#b8b733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b733;
$custom-light: #d1cc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75712,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.44296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B733

secondary

#7F80C8

accent

#49E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B733

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

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