#B8BE40#B8BE40

#B8BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.146 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE40
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -17.93, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 62.82, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0547 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.146 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.1072, 47.3883, 11.9363)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE40 #4640BE

analogous

#BE8540 #B8BE40 #79BE40

triadic

#B8BE40 #40B8BE #BE40B8

tetradic

#B8BE40 #40BE85 #4640BE #BE4079

square

#B8BE40 #40BE85 #4640BE #BE4079

split-complementary

#B8BE40 #4079BE #8540BE

monochromatic

#5F6221 #8C9031 #B8BE40 #C9CE6D #DADD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B8BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#B8BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE40

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE40	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.146 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d17c',
    500: '#b8be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be40;
$custom-light: #d0d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77346,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE40

secondary

#9390C9

accent

#4FD955

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE40

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

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