#B8BD48#B8BD48

#B8BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.139 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BD48
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -16.92, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 59.17, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0511 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.139 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1355, 47.0543, 13.1505)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BD48 #4D48BD

analogous

#BD8748 #B8BD48 #7DBD48

triadic

#B8BD48 #48B8BD #BD48B8

tetradic

#B8BD48 #48BD87 #4D48BD #BD487D

square

#B8BD48 #48BD87 #4D48BD #BD487D

split-complementary

#B8BD48 #487DBD #8748BD

monochromatic

#636625 #8F9335 #B8BD48 #C9CD75 #DBDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#B8BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BD48

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BD48	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.139 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d080',
    500: '#b8bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bd48;
$custom-light: #d0d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.564,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77196,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BD48

secondary

#9997CA

accent

#51D757

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BD48

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

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