#B8C438#B8C438

#B8C438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.158 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C438
RGB	rgb(184, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -21.35, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 68.23, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.065 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.158 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2220, 49.9565, 11.2643)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C438 #4438C4

analogous

#C48A38 #B8C438 #72C438

triadic

#B8C438 #38B8C4 #C438B8

tetradic

#B8C438 #38C48A #4438C4 #C43872

square

#B8C438 #38C48A #4438C4 #C43872

split-complementary

#B8C438 #3872C4 #8A38C4

monochromatic

#5F651D #8B942A #B8C438 #CAD366 #DAE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#B8C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C438

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C438	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.158 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d578',
    500: '#b8c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c438;
$custom-light: #d1d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78615,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C438

secondary

#918CCC

accent

#49DF56

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C438

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

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