#B8B83B#B8B83B

#B8B83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.143 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B83B
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -15.19, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 62.33, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0475 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.143 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6984, 44.7882, 10.7960)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B83B #3B3BB8

analogous

#B8793B #B8B83B #79B83B

triadic

#B8B83B #3BB8B8 #B83BB8

tetradic

#B8B83B #3BB879 #3B3BB8 #B83B79

square

#B8B83B #3BB879 #3B3BB8 #B83B79

split-complementary

#B8B83B #3B79B8 #793BB8

monochromatic

#5B5B1D #8A8A2C #B8B83B #CDCD63 #DCDC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8B83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#B8B83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B83B

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B83B	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.143 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd78',
    500: '#b8b83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b83b;
$custom-light: #d1cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75988,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B83B

secondary

#8888C7

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B83B

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

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