#B8BA38#B8BA38

#B8BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.147 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BA38
RGB	rgb(184, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -16.36, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 64.23, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0511 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.147 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0412, 45.5947, 10.5374)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BA38 #3A38BA

analogous

#BA7B38 #B8BA38 #77BA38

triadic

#B8BA38 #38B8BA #BA38B8

tetradic

#B8BA38 #38BA7B #3A38BA #BA3877

square

#B8BA38 #38BA7B #3A38BA #BA3877

split-complementary

#B8BA38 #3877BA #7B38BA

monochromatic

#5B5C1C #898B2A #B8BA38 #CDCF60 #DCDD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B8BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B8BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BA38

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BA38	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.147 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce77',
    500: '#b8ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ba38;
$custom-light: #d1ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76405,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BA38

secondary

#8786C8

accent

#4BDD4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BA38

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

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