#B8B837#B8B837

#B8B837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.146 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B837
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -15.40, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 63.82, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0485 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.146 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5986, 44.7483, 10.2704)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B837 #3737B8

analogous

#B87837 #B8B837 #78B837

triadic

#B8B837 #37B8B8 #B837B8

tetradic

#B8B837 #37B878 #3737B8 #B83778

square

#B8B837 #37B878 #3737B8 #B83778

split-complementary

#B8B837 #3778B8 #7837B8

monochromatic

#5A5A1B #898929 #B8B837 #CFCF5D #DDDD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B8B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B837

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B837	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)

#C7B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.146 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd76',
    500: '#b8b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b837;
$custom-light: #d1cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75959,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B837

secondary

#8484C7

accent

#4ADD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B837

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

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