#B8B73B#B8B73B

#B8B73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.142 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B73B
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -14.68, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 61.94, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0461 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.142 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4914, 44.3742, 10.7270)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B73B #3B3CB8

analogous

#B8783B #B8B73B #7AB83B

triadic

#B8B73B #3BB8B7 #B73BB8

tetradic

#B8B73B #3BB878 #3B3CB8 #B83B7A

square

#B8B73B #3BB878 #3B3CB8 #B83B7A

split-complementary

#B8B73B #3B7AB8 #783BB8

monochromatic

#5B5B1D #8A892C #B8B73B #CDCC63 #DCDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B8B73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B73B

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B73B	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)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.142 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cc78',
    500: '#b8b73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b73b;
$custom-light: #d1cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75769,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B73B

secondary

#8888C7

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B73B

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

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