#B8BE51#B8BE51

#B8BE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.133 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE51
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -16.78, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 55.73, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0497 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.133 112)
XYZ	xyz(39.6668, 47.6122, 14.8835)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE51 #5751BE

analogous

#BE8D51 #B8BE51 #81BE51

triadic

#B8BE51 #51B8BE #BE51B8

tetradic

#B8BE51 #51BE8D #5751BE #BE5181

square

#B8BE51 #51BE8D #5751BE #BE5181

split-complementary

#B8BE51 #5181BE #8D51BE

monochromatic

#686C28 #939939 #B8BE51 #CACF7E #DCDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B8BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#B8BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE51

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE51	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.133 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d186',
    500: '#b8be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be51;
$custom-light: #d0d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.303,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77505,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.47611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE51

secondary

#A09ECD

accent

#53D55A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE51

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

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