#B8BD31#B8BD31

#B8BD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.155 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BD31
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -18.20, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 67.81, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0569 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.155 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5204, 46.8083, 9.9109)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BD31 #3631BD

analogous

#BD7C31 #B8BD31 #72BD31

triadic

#B8BD31 #31B8BD #BD31B8

tetradic

#B8BD31 #31BD7C #3631BD #BD3172

square

#B8BD31 #31BD7C #3631BD #BD3172

split-complementary

#B8BD31 #3172BD #7C31BD

monochromatic

#595C18 #898C24 #B8BD31 #CFD458 #DDE088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B8BD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B8BD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BD31

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BD31	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.155 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d074',
    500: '#b8bd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bd31;
$custom-light: #d1d074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77019,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BD31

secondary

#8280CA

accent

#46E24B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BD31

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

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