#B8B73E#B8B73E

#B8B73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.140 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B73E
RGB	rgb(184, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -14.51, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 60.78, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0453 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.14 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5714, 44.4062, 11.1486)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B73E #3E3FB8

analogous

#B87A3E #B8B73E #7CB83E

triadic

#B8B73E #3EB8B7 #B73EB8

tetradic

#B8B73E #3EB87A #3E3FB8 #B83E7C

square

#B8B73E #3EB87A #3E3FB8 #B83E7C

split-complementary

#B8B73E #3E7CB8 #7A3EB8

monochromatic

#5C5C1F #8A892F #B8B73E #CCCB67 #DBDB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8B73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B8B73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B73E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B73E	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.140 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cc7a',
    500: '#b8b73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b73e;
$custom-light: #d0cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 49.593,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B73E

secondary

#8B8BC7

accent

#50D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B73E

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

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