#B8BB23#B8BB23

#B8BB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.159 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BB23
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 81.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -17.73, 68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 71.17, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0567 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.159 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8423, 45.8534, 8.4470)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BB23 #2623BB

analogous

#BB7223 #B8BB23 #6CBB23

triadic

#B8BB23 #23B8BB #BB23B8

tetradic

#B8BB23 #23BB72 #2623BB #BB236C

square

#B8BB23 #23BB72 #2623BB #BB236C

split-complementary

#B8BB23 #236CBB #7223BB

monochromatic

#535410 #858719 #B8BB23 #D8DB40 #E3E574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8BB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#B8BB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BB23

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BB23	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bb23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.159 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf6e',
    500: '#b8bb23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bb23;
$custom-light: #d1cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bb23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.184,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76506,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BB23

secondary

#706ECC

accent

#3CEB40

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BB23

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

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