#B8BE39#B8BE39

#B8BE39 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	#B8BE39
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -18.32, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 65.45, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0565 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.151 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.9204, 47.3136, 10.9523)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE39 #3F39BE

analogous

#BE8139 #B8BE39 #75BE39

triadic

#B8BE39 #39B8BE #BE39B8

tetradic

#B8BE39 #39BE81 #3F39BE #BE3975

square

#B8BE39 #39BE81 #3F39BE #BE3975

split-complementary

#B8BE39 #3975BE #8139BE

monochromatic

#5D601D #8A8F2B #B8BE39 #CCD064 #DBDF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B8BE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE39

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE39	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)

#CCB523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.151 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d178',
    500: '#b8be39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be39;
$custom-light: #d1d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.707,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77293,
    "c": 0.15084,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE39

secondary

#8C89CA

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE39

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

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