#B8BE21#B8BE21

#B8BE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.163 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE21
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -19.29, 70.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 72.74, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0612 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.163 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.4565, 47.1281, 8.5094)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE21 #2721BE

analogous

#BE7521 #B8BE21 #69BE21

triadic

#B8BE21 #21B8BE #BE21B8

tetradic

#B8BE21 #21BE75 #2721BE #BE2169

square

#B8BE21 #21BE75 #2721BE #BE2169

split-complementary

#B8BE21 #2169BE #7521BE

monochromatic

#53560F #868A18 #B8BE21 #D8DE3F #E2E773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B8BE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE21

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE21	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)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.163 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d16d',
    500: '#b8be21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be21;
$custom-light: #d1d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.293,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77161,
    "c": 0.16308,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE21

secondary

#716DCD

accent

#3BED41

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE21

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

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