#B8BE4E#B8BE4E

#B8BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.135 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE4E
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -17.00, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 57.05, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0507 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.135 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.5568, 47.5682, 14.3040)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE4E #544EBE

analogous

#BE8C4E #B8BE4E #80BE4E

triadic

#B8BE4E #4EB8BE #BE4EB8

tetradic

#B8BE4E #4EBE8C #544EBE #BE4E80

square

#B8BE4E #4EBE8C #544EBE #BE4E80

split-complementary

#B8BE4E #4E80BE #8C4EBE

monochromatic

#676A27 #929738 #B8BE4E #CACE7B #DCDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B8BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#B8BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE4E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE4E	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.135 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d184',
    500: '#b8be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be4e;
$custom-light: #d0d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77474,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE4E

secondary

#9E9CCC

accent

#52D659

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE4E

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

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