#B8BE2B#B8BE2B

#B8BE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.159 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE2B
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 77.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -18.95, 67.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 70.06, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0595 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.159 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.6180, 47.1926, 9.3598)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE2B #312BBE

analogous

#BE7A2B #B8BE2B #6EBE2B

triadic

#B8BE2B #2BB8BE #BE2BB8

tetradic

#B8BE2B #2BBE7A #312BBE #BE2B6E

square

#B8BE2B #2BBE7A #312BBE #BE2B6E

split-complementary

#B8BE2B #2B6EBE #7A2BBE

monochromatic

#575A14 #888C20 #B8BE2B #D2D74F #DEE281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#B8BE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE2B

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE2B	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.159 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d171',
    500: '#b8be2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be2b;
$custom-light: #d1d171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77207,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE2B

secondary

#7D7ACB

accent

#42E648

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE2B

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

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