#B8BC49#B8BC49

#B8BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.137 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BC49
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -16.35, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 58.32, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0493 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.137 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9541, 46.6387, 13.2522)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BC49 #4D49BC

analogous

#BC8649 #B8BC49 #7EBC49

triadic

#B8BC49 #49B8BC #BC49B8

tetradic

#B8BC49 #49BC86 #4D49BC #BC497E

square

#B8BC49 #49BC86 #4D49BC #BC497E

split-complementary

#B8BC49 #497EBC #8649BC

monochromatic

#636525 #8F9236 #B8BC49 #C9CC76 #DBDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B8BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B8BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BC49

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BC49	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.137 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d081',
    500: '#b8bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bc49;
$custom-light: #d0d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.087,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76986,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BC49

secondary

#9997CA

accent

#52D657

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BC49

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

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