#B8C537#B8C537

#B8C537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.160 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C537
RGB	rgb(184, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -21.89, 65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 68.98, 108.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0666 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.16 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4241, 50.3994, 11.2123)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C537 #4437C5

analogous

#C58B37 #B8C537 #71C537

triadic

#B8C537 #37B8C5 #C537B8

tetradic

#B8C537 #37C58B #4437C5 #C53771

square

#B8C537 #37C58B #4437C5 #C53771

split-complementary

#B8C537 #3771C5 #8B37C5

monochromatic

#5F651C #8B952A #B8C537 #CAD465 #DAE195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B8C537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B8C537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C537

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C537	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.160 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d678',
    500: '#b8c537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c537;
$custom-light: #d1d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.493,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7883,
    "c": 0.15955,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C537

secondary

#363170

accent

#48E056

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C537

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

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