#B8BD38#B8BD38

#B8BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.150 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BD38
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -17.87, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 65.41, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0553 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.15 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6798, 46.8720, 10.7503)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BD38 #3D38BD

analogous

#BD8038 #B8BD38 #75BD38

triadic

#B8BD38 #38B8BD #BD38B8

tetradic

#B8BD38 #38BD80 #3D38BD #BD3875

square

#B8BD38 #38BD80 #3D38BD #BD3875

split-complementary

#B8BD38 #3875BD #8038BD

monochromatic

#5C5F1C #8A8E2A #B8BD38 #CCD062 #DBDE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B8BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BD38

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BD38	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)

#CCB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.150 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d077',
    500: '#b8bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bd38;
$custom-light: #d1d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77065,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BD38

secondary

#8A87C9

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BD38

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

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