#B8B735#B8B735

#B8B735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.146 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B735
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -14.99, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 64.16, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0476 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.146 109)
XYZ	xyz(37.3446, 44.3155, 9.9540)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B735 #3536B8

analogous

#B87635 #B8B735 #78B835

triadic

#B8B735 #35B8B7 #B735B8

tetradic

#B8B735 #35B876 #3536B8 #B83578

square

#B8B735 #35B876 #3536B8 #B83578

split-complementary

#B8B735 #3578B8 #7635B8

monochromatic

#59581A #888827 #B8B735 #D0CF5B #DDDD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#B8B735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B735

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B735	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)

#C6AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.146 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc75',
    500: '#b8b735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b735;
$custom-light: #d1cc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75726,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.44314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B735

secondary

#8182C7

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B735

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

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