#B8BE37#B8BE37

#B8BE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.152 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE37
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -18.42, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 66.16, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.057 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.152 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.8714, 47.2940, 10.6947)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE37 #3D37BE

analogous

#BE8137 #B8BE37 #74BE37

triadic

#B8BE37 #37B8BE #BE37B8

tetradic

#B8BE37 #37BE81 #3D37BE #BE3774

square

#B8BE37 #37BE81 #3D37BE #BE3774

split-complementary

#B8BE37 #3774BE #8137BE

monochromatic

#5C5F1C #8A8F29 #B8BE37 #CCD161 #DBDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B8BE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE37

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE37	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)

#CDB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.152 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d177',
    500: '#b8be37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be37;
$custom-light: #d1d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.1521,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE37

secondary

#8A87CA

accent

#49DE50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE37

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

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