#B8BE44#B8BE44

#B8BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.143 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE44
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -17.69, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 61.24, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0536 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.143 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.2251, 47.4355, 12.5574)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE44 #4A44BE

analogous

#BE8744 #B8BE44 #7BBE44

triadic

#B8BE44 #44B8BE #BE44B8

tetradic

#B8BE44 #44BE87 #4A44BE #BE447B

square

#B8BE44 #44BE87 #4A44BE #BE447B

split-complementary

#B8BE44 #447BBE #8744BE

monochromatic

#616523 #8D9233 #B8BE44 #C9CE71 #DADE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B8BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#B8BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE44

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE44	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.143 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d17e',
    500: '#b8be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be44;
$custom-light: #d0d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7738,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE44

secondary

#9694CA

accent

#50D857

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE44

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

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