#B8C838#B8C838

#B8C838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.162 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C838
RGB	rgb(184, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -23.31, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 69.88, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0705 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.162 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1363, 51.7851, 11.5691)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C838 #4838C8

analogous

#C89038 #B8C838 #70C838

triadic

#B8C838 #38B8C8 #C838B8

tetradic

#B8C838 #38C890 #4838C8 #C83870

square

#B8C838 #38C890 #4838C8 #C83870

split-complementary

#B8C838 #3870C8 #9038C8

monochromatic

#60691D #8C992A #B8C838 #C9D568 #DAE398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B8C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#B8C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C838

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C838	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)

#D6BE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.162 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d878',
    500: '#b8c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c838;
$custom-light: #d1d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79505,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C838

secondary

#393273

accent

#48E059

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C838

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

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