#B8BE38#B8BE38

#B8BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.151 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE38
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -18.37, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 65.81, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0567 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.151 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.8957, 47.3037, 10.8222)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE38 #3E38BE

analogous

#BE8138 #B8BE38 #75BE38

triadic

#B8BE38 #38B8BE #BE38B8

tetradic

#B8BE38 #38BE81 #3E38BE #BE3875

square

#B8BE38 #38BE81 #3E38BE #BE3875

split-complementary

#B8BE38 #3875BE #8138BE

monochromatic

#5C5F1C #8A8F2A #B8BE38 #CCD162 #DBDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B8BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE38

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE38	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.151 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d177',
    500: '#b8be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be38;
$custom-light: #d1d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.687,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77286,
    "c": 0.15147,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE38

secondary

#8B88CA

accent

#4ADE51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE38

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

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