#B8C040#B8C040

#B8C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.148 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C040
RGB	rgb(184, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -18.93, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 63.65, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0575 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.148 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5433, 48.2606, 12.0817)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C040 #4840C0

analogous

#C08840 #B8C040 #78C040

triadic

#B8C040 #40B8C0 #C040B8

tetradic

#B8C040 #40C088 #4840C0 #C04078

square

#B8C040 #40C088 #4840C0 #C04078

split-complementary

#B8C040 #4078C0 #8840C0

monochromatic

#606421 #8C9230 #B8C040 #C9CF6E #DADE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B8C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#B8C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C040

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C040	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.148 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d27c',
    500: '#b8c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c040;
$custom-light: #d0d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77787,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C040

secondary

#9591CB

accent

#4EDA57

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C040

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

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