#B8B737#B8B737

#B8B737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.145 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B737
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -14.89, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 63.44, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0471 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.145 109)
XYZ	xyz(37.3916, 44.3343, 10.2014)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B737 #3738B8

analogous

#B87737 #B8B737 #79B837

triadic

#B8B737 #37B8B7 #B737B8

tetradic

#B8B737 #37B877 #3738B8 #B83779

square

#B8B737 #37B877 #3738B8 #B83779

split-complementary

#B8B737 #3779B8 #7737B8

monochromatic

#5A591B #898829 #B8B737 #CFCE5D #DDDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B8B737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B737

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B737	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.145 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc76',
    500: '#b8b737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b737;
$custom-light: #d1cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75739,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.44333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B737

secondary

#8484C7

accent

#4CDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B737

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

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