#B8BE31#B8BE31

#B8BE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.156 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE31
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -18.70, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 68.20, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0583 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.156 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.7363, 47.2400, 9.9828)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE31 #3731BE

analogous

#BE7E31 #B8BE31 #72BE31

triadic

#B8BE31 #31B8BE #BE31B8

tetradic

#B8BE31 #31BE7E #3731BE #BE3172

square

#B8BE31 #31BE7E #3731BE #BE3172

split-complementary

#B8BE31 #3172BE #7E31BE

monochromatic

#5A5D18 #898D24 #B8BE31 #CFD458 #DDE189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B8BE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE31

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE31	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.156 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d174',
    500: '#b8be31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be31;
$custom-light: #d1d174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7724,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE31

secondary

#8480CA

accent

#46E24C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE31

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

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