#B8C231#B8C231

#B8C231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.160 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C231
RGB	rgb(184, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -20.69, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 69.75, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0638 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.16 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6146, 48.9965, 10.2756)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C231 #3B31C2

analogous

#C28431 #B8C231 #6FC231

triadic

#B8C231 #31B8C2 #C231B8

tetradic

#B8C231 #31C284 #3B31C2 #C2316F

square

#B8C231 #31C284 #3B31C2 #C2316F

split-complementary

#B8C231 #316FC2 #8431C2

monochromatic

#5B6018 #8A9125 #B8C231 #CDD65B #DCE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B8C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B8C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C231

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C231	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B80E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.160 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d474',
    500: '#b8c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c231;
$custom-light: #d1d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78126,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C231

secondary

#8883CC

accent

#45E350

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C231

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

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