#B8BD36#B8BD36

#B8BD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.152 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BD36
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -17.97, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 66.12, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0558 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.152 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6319, 46.8529, 10.4978)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BD36 #3B36BD

analogous

#BD7E36 #B8BD36 #75BD36

triadic

#B8BD36 #36B8BD #BD36B8

tetradic

#B8BD36 #36BD7E #3B36BD #BD3675

square

#B8BD36 #36BD7E #3B36BD #BD3675

split-complementary

#B8BD36 #3675BD #7E36BD

monochromatic

#5B5E1B #8A8D28 #B8BD36 #CDD15F #DCDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8BD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B8BD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BD36

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BD36	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.152 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d076',
    500: '#b8bd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bd36;
$custom-light: #d1d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77051,
    "c": 0.15168,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BD36

secondary

#8885C9

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BD36

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

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