#B8B831#B8B831

#B8B831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.150 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B831
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -15.68, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 65.92, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0499 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.15 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4634, 44.6942, 9.5585)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B831 #3131B8

analogous

#B87431 #B8B831 #74B831

triadic

#B8B831 #31B8B8 #B831B8

tetradic

#B8B831 #31B874 #3131B8 #B83174

square

#B8B831 #31B874 #3131B8 #B83174

split-complementary

#B8B831 #3174B8 #7431B8

monochromatic

#575717 #888824 #B8B831 #D2D255 #DEDE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8B831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#B8B831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B831

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B831	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.150 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd73',
    500: '#b8b831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b831;
$custom-light: #d1cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75919,
    "c": 0.14955,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B831

secondary

#7D7DC8

accent

#47E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B831

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

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