#B8BD37#B8BD37

#B8BD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.151 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BD37
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -17.92, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 65.77, 105.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0556 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.151 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6556, 46.8623, 10.6227)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BD37 #3C37BD

analogous

#BD7F37 #B8BD37 #75BD37

triadic

#B8BD37 #37B8BD #BD37B8

tetradic

#B8BD37 #37BD7F #3C37BD #BD3775

square

#B8BD37 #37BD7F #3C37BD #BD3775

split-complementary

#B8BD37 #3775BD #7F37BD

monochromatic

#5C5E1B #8A8E29 #B8BD37 #CDD160 #DCDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8BD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B8BD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BD37

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BD37	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)

#CCB41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.151 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d077',
    500: '#b8bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bd37;
$custom-light: #d1d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.239,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77058,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BD37

secondary

#8986C9

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BD37

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

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