#B8B835#B8B835

#B8B835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.147 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B835
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -15.50, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 64.54, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.049 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.147 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5516, 44.7295, 10.0230)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B835 #3535B8

analogous

#B87735 #B8B835 #77B835

triadic

#B8B835 #35B8B8 #B835B8

tetradic

#B8B835 #35B877 #3535B8 #B83577

square

#B8B835 #35B877 #3535B8 #B83577

split-complementary

#B8B835 #3577B8 #7735B8

monochromatic

#59591A #888827 #B8B835 #D0D05B #DDDD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8B835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B8B835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B835

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B835	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.147 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd75',
    500: '#b8b835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b835;
$custom-light: #d1cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B835

secondary

#8181C7

accent

#49DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B835

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

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