#B8B936#B8B936

#B8B936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.148 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B936
RGB	rgb(184, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -15.96, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 64.56, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0502 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.148 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7833, 45.1557, 10.2149)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B936 #3736B9

analogous

#B97936 #B8B936 #77B936

triadic

#B8B936 #36B8B9 #B936B8

tetradic

#B8B936 #36B979 #3736B9 #B93677

square

#B8B936 #36B979 #3736B9 #B93677

split-complementary

#B8B936 #3677B9 #7936B9

monochromatic

#5A5A1A #898A28 #B8B936 #CFD05D #DDDD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B8B936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#B8B936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B936

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B936	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.148 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd76',
    500: '#b8b936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b936;
$custom-light: #d1cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76171,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B936

secondary

#8483C8

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B936

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

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