#B8C837#B8C837

#B8C837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.163 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C837
RGB	rgb(184, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -23.36, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 70.22, 109.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0707 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.163 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1121, 51.7754, 11.4416)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C837 #4737C8

analogous

#C89037 #B8C837 #6FC837

triadic

#B8C837 #37B8C8 #C837B8

tetradic

#B8C837 #37C890 #4737C8 #C8376F

square

#B8C837 #37C890 #4737C8 #C8376F

split-complementary

#B8C837 #376FC8 #9037C8

monochromatic

#60681D #8C982A #B8C837 #C9D567 #DAE297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B8C837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#B8C837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C837

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C837	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.163 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d878',
    500: '#b8c837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c837;
$custom-light: #d1d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.621,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79498,
    "c": 0.16282,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C837

secondary

#383172

accent

#48E058

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C837

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

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