#B8BE35#B8BE35

#B8BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.153 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE35
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -18.52, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 66.86, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0574 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.153 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.8245, 47.2752, 10.4473)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE35 #3B35BE

analogous

#BE8035 #B8BE35 #73BE35

triadic

#B8BE35 #35B8BE #BE35B8

tetradic

#B8BE35 #35BE80 #3B35BE #BE3573

square

#B8BE35 #35BE80 #3B35BE #BE3573

split-complementary

#B8BE35 #3573BE #8035BE

monochromatic

#5B5E1A #8A8E28 #B8BE35 #CDD25E #DCDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B8BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE35

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE35	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)

#CDB51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.153 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d176',
    500: '#b8be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be35;
$custom-light: #d1d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.628,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77266,
    "c": 0.15331,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE35

secondary

#8885CA

accent

#48E04F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE35

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

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