#B8BE59#B8BE59

#B8BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.125 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE59
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -16.13, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 52.12, 108.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.047 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.125 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9846, 47.7393, 16.5575)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE59 #5F59BE

analogous

#BE9159 #B8BE59 #86BE59

triadic

#B8BE59 #59B8BE #BE59B8

tetradic

#B8BE59 #59BE91 #5F59BE #BE5986

square

#B8BE59 #59BE91 #5F59BE #BE5986

split-complementary

#B8BE59 #5986BE #9159BE

monochromatic

#6C712C #979D3D #B8BE59 #CBCF85 #DEE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B8BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#B8BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE59

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE59	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.125 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd18b',
    500: '#b8be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be59;
$custom-light: #cfd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.564,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77596,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE59

secondary

#A7A4CF

accent

#54D35C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE59

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

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