#B8C137#B8C137
#B8C137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.155 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B8C137 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(184, 193, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 56%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 72%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 71.5%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.21, -19.92, 64.35) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.21, 67.36, 107.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.94% -0.0611 0.1427) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.94% 0.155 113.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.5279, 48.6070, 10.9135) |
| Luminance | 0.4861 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.69
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.78
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.88
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.98
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.00
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B8C137 #4037C1
analogous
#C18537 #B8C137 #73C137
triadic
#B8C137 #37B8C1 #C137B8
tetradic
#B8C137 #37C185 #4037C1 #C13773
square
#B8C137 #37C185 #4037C1 #C13773
split-complementary
#B8C137 #3773C1 #8537C1
monochromatic
#5D621C #8B9129 #B8C137 #CBD263 #DBE092
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.96
#B8C137 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.72
#B8C137 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B8C137
10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B8C137 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B8C137 | 1.00 | 1.96 | 10.72 | 10.72 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.96 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB81E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBB42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4B5A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b8c137; /* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 193, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.155 113.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1d377',
500: '#b8c137',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b8c137; $custom-light: #d1d377; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b8c137",
"rgb": {
"r": 184,
"g": 193,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.913,
"s": 55.645,
"l": 48.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77942,
"c": 0.15527,
"h": 113.2
},
"luminance": 0.48606
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B8C137
secondary
#8D89CB
accent
#49DF53
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#141409
muted
#83827B