#B8BD40#B8BD40

#B8BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.145 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BD40
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -17.43, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 62.41, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0533 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.145 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8913, 46.9566, 11.8643)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BD40 #4540BD

analogous

#BD8440 #B8BD40 #7ABD40

triadic

#B8BD40 #40B8BD #BD40B8

tetradic

#B8BD40 #40BD84 #4540BD #BD407A

square

#B8BD40 #40BD84 #4540BD #BD407A

split-complementary

#B8BD40 #407ABD #8440BD

monochromatic

#5F6221 #8B8F31 #B8BD40 #CACD6D #DADD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B8BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BD40

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BD40	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.145 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d07c',
    500: '#b8bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bd40;
$custom-light: #d0d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77126,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BD40

secondary

#9290C9

accent

#4FD954

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BD40

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

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