#B8B833#B8B833

#B8B833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.148 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B833
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -15.59, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 65.24, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0494 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.148 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5065, 44.7115, 9.7858)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B833 #3333B8

analogous

#B87533 #B8B833 #75B833

triadic

#B8B833 #33B8B8 #B833B8

tetradic

#B8B833 #33B875 #3333B8 #B83375

square

#B8B833 #33B875 #3333B8 #B83375

split-complementary

#B8B833 #3375B8 #7533B8

monochromatic

#585818 #888826 #B8B833 #D1D158 #DEDE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8B833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#B8B833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B833

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B833	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)

#C7B019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.148 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd74',
    500: '#b8b833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b833;
$custom-light: #d1cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75931,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B833

secondary

#7F7FC8

accent

#48E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B833

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

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