#B8B937#B8B937

#B8B937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.147 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B937
RGB	rgb(184, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -15.91, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 64.20, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0499 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.147 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8070, 45.1652, 10.3399)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B937 #3837B9

analogous

#B97937 #B8B937 #77B937

triadic

#B8B937 #37B8B9 #B937B8

tetradic

#B8B937 #37B979 #3837B9 #B93777

square

#B8B937 #37B979 #3837B9 #B93777

split-complementary

#B8B937 #3777B9 #7937B9

monochromatic

#5A5B1B #898A29 #B8B937 #CECF5E #DDDD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B8B937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#B8B937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B937

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B937	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)

#C8B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.147 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cd76',
    500: '#b8b937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b937;
$custom-light: #d1cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76178,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B937

secondary

#8584C8

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B937

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

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