#B8C439#B8C439
#B8C439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.157 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B8C439 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(184, 196, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 55%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 71%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 70.9%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.05, -21.30, 64.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.05, 67.88, 108.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.62% -0.0648 0.1433) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.62% 0.157 114.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.2467, 49.9664, 11.3944) |
| Luminance | 0.4997 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.67
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.71
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.23
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.71
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 4.02
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 4.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B8C439 #4539C4
analogous
#C48B39 #B8C439 #72C439
triadic
#B8C439 #39B8C4 #C439B8
tetradic
#B8C439 #39C48B #4539C4 #C43972
square
#B8C439 #39C48B #4539C4 #C43972
split-complementary
#B8C439 #3972C4 #8B39C4
monochromatic
#5F651D #8B952B #B8C439 #CAD367 #DAE197
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#B8C439 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.99
#B8C439 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B8C439
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B8C439 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B8C439 | 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)
#D2BA20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BD44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4B9A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b8c439; /* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 196, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.157 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1d579',
500: '#b8c439',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b8c439; $custom-light: #d1d579; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b8c439",
"rgb": {
"r": 184,
"g": 196,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.18,
"s": 54.941,
"l": 49.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78621,
"c": 0.15726,
"h": 114.3
},
"luminance": 0.49966
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B8C439
secondary
#928DCC
accent
#4ADE56
background
#FDFDF7
surface
#FAFAEE
border
#D3D3C9
text
#14140A
muted
#83837C