#B8BE36#B8BE36

#B8BE36 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 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE36
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -18.47, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 66.51, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0572 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.153 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.8477, 47.2845, 10.5697)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE36 #3C36BE

analogous

#BE8036 #B8BE36 #74BE36

triadic

#B8BE36 #36B8BE #BE36B8

tetradic

#B8BE36 #36BE80 #3C36BE #BE3674

square

#B8BE36 #36BE80 #3C36BE #BE3674

split-complementary

#B8BE36 #3674BE #8036BE

monochromatic

#5C5F1B #8A8E28 #B8BE36 #CDD260 #DCDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B8BE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE36

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE36	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.153 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d176',
    500: '#b8be36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be36;
$custom-light: #d1d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.647,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77272,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE36

secondary

#8986CA

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE36

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

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