#B8BE79#B8BE79

#B8BE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.091 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BE79
RGB	rgb(184, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(65, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -12.84, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 36.51, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0349 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.091 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6321, 48.3983, 25.2341)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BE79 #7F79BE

analogous

#BEA179 #B8BE79 #95BE79

triadic

#B8BE79 #79B8BE #BE79B8

tetradic

#B8BE79 #79BEA1 #7F79BE #BE7995

square

#B8BE79 #79BEA1 #7F79BE #BE7995

split-complementary

#B8BE79 #7995BE #A179BE

monochromatic

#797F3E #A1A852 #B8BE79 #CED2A2 #E4E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B8BE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B8BE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BE79

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BE79	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8be79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.091 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1a0',
    500: '#b8be79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8be79;
$custom-light: #ced1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8be79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78062,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BE79

secondary

#BFBCD6

accent

#38AE42

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BE79

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

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