#B8BE42#B8BE42

#B8BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.145 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE42
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -17.81, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 62.04, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0542 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.145 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.1651, 47.4115, 12.2414)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE42 #4842BE

analogous

#BE8642 #B8BE42 #7ABE42

triadic

#B8BE42 #42B8BE #BE42B8

tetradic

#B8BE42 #42BE86 #4842BE #BE427A

square

#B8BE42 #42BE86 #4842BE #BE427A

split-complementary

#B8BE42 #427ABE #8642BE

monochromatic

#606322 #8C9132 #B8BE42 #C9CE70 #DADD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B8BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#B8BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE42

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE42	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)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.145 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d17d',
    500: '#b8be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be42;
$custom-light: #d0d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.903,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77363,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE42

secondary

#9592CA

accent

#4FD856

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE42

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

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