#B8BE3B#B8BE3B

#B8BE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.150 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE3B
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -18.21, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 64.72, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.056 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.15 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.9712, 47.3339, 11.2203)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE3B #413BBE

analogous

#BE833B #B8BE3B #77BE3B

triadic

#B8BE3B #3BB8BE #BE3BB8

tetradic

#B8BE3B #3BBE83 #413BBE #BE3B77

square

#B8BE3B #3BBE83 #413BBE #BE3B77

split-complementary

#B8BE3B #3B77BE #833BBE

monochromatic

#5E611E #8B8F2C #B8BE3B #CBD067 #DBDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B8BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B8BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE3B

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE3B	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.150 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d179',
    500: '#b8be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be3b;
$custom-light: #d1d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.748,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77307,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE3B

secondary

#8E8BCA

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE3B

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

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