#B8BB38#B8BB38

#B8BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.148 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BB38
RGB	rgb(184, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -16.86, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 64.62, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0525 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.148 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2526, 46.0175, 10.6079)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BB38 #3B38BB

analogous

#BB7C38 #B8BB38 #76BB38

triadic

#B8BB38 #38B8BB #BB38B8

tetradic

#B8BB38 #38BB7C #3B38BB #BB3876

square

#B8BB38 #38BB7C #3B38BB #BB3876

split-complementary

#B8BB38 #3876BB #7C38BB

monochromatic

#5B5D1C #8A8C2A #B8BB38 #CDD061 #DCDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#B8BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BB38

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BB38	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.148 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cf77',
    500: '#b8bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bb38;
$custom-light: #d1cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76625,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BB38

secondary

#8886C8

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BB38

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

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