#B8BE49#B8BE49

#B8BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.139 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE49
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -17.36, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 59.18, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0522 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.139 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.3843, 47.4992, 13.3956)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE49 #4F49BE

analogous

#BE8A49 #B8BE49 #7EBE49

triadic

#B8BE49 #49B8BE #BE49B8

tetradic

#B8BE49 #49BE8A #4F49BE #BE497E

square

#B8BE49 #49BE8A #4F49BE #BE497E

split-complementary

#B8BE49 #497EBE #8A49BE

monochromatic

#646825 #909535 #B8BE49 #CACE76 #DBDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B8BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#B8BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE49

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE49	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.139 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d181',
    500: '#b8be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be49;
$custom-light: #d0d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77425,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE49

secondary

#9A98CB

accent

#51D758

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE49

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

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