#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
RGBrgb(184, 183, 55)
HSLhsl(60, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(60, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(72.45, -14.89, 61.67)
CIE-LCHlch(72.45, 63.44, 103.58°)
OKLaboklab(75.74% -0.0471 0.1371)
OKLCHoklch(75.74% 0.145 109)
XYZxyz(37.3916, 44.3343, 10.2014)
Luminance0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B8B7371.002.139.879.87
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8721.001.001.00
##0000009.8721.001.001.00

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

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#B8B737 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva