#B8B738#B8B738

#B8B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.144 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B738
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -14.84, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 63.07, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0469 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.144 109)
XYZ	xyz(37.4158, 44.3440, 10.3289)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B738 #3839B8

analogous

#B87738 #B8B738 #79B838

triadic

#B8B738 #38B8B7 #B738B8

tetradic

#B8B738 #38B877 #3839B8 #B83879

square

#B8B738 #38B877 #3839B8 #B83879

split-complementary

#B8B738 #3879B8 #7738B8

monochromatic

#5A5A1B #89882A #B8B738 #CECD5F #DDDC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B8B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B738

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B738	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)

#C6AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.144 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc77',
    500: '#b8b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b738;
$custom-light: #d1cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75747,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.44343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B738

secondary

#8585C7

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B738

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

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