#B8BC3E#B8BC3E

#B8BC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.145 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BC3E
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -17.04, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 62.78, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0524 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.145 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6211, 46.5056, 11.4985)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BC3E #423EBC

analogous

#BC813E #B8BC3E #79BC3E

triadic

#B8BC3E #3EB8BC #BC3EB8

tetradic

#B8BC3E #3EBC81 #423EBC #BC3E79

square

#B8BC3E #3EBC81 #423EBC #BC3E79

split-complementary

#B8BC3E #3E79BC #813EBC

monochromatic

#5E6020 #8B8E2F #B8BC3E #CBCE6A #DBDD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B8BC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B8BC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BC3E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BC3E	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.145 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d07a',
    500: '#b8bc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bc3e;
$custom-light: #d0d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7689,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BC3E

secondary

#8F8DC9

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BC3E

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

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