#B8BD4E#B8BD4E

#B8BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.134 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BD4E
RGB	rgb(184, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -16.50, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 56.61, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0492 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.134 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3409, 47.1365, 14.2321)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BD4E #534EBD

analogous

#BD8B4E #B8BD4E #80BD4E

triadic

#B8BD4E #4EB8BD #BD4EB8

tetradic

#B8BD4E #4EBD8B #534EBD #BD4E80

square

#B8BD4E #4EBD8B #534EBD #BD4E80

split-complementary

#B8BD4E #4E80BD #8B4EBD

monochromatic

#666927 #929638 #B8BD4E #CACE7B #DCDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B8BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BD4E

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BD4E	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.134 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d084',
    500: '#b8bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bd4e;
$custom-light: #d0d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.703,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77255,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BD4E

secondary

#9D9BCC

accent

#52D558

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BD4E

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

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