#B8CB38#B8CB38

#B8CB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.166 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CB38
RGB	rgb(184, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -24.76, 66.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 71.13, 110.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0745 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.166 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8379, 53.1883, 11.8030)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CB38 #4B38CB

analogous

#CB9438 #B8CB38 #6ECB38

triadic

#B8CB38 #38B8CB #CB38B8

tetradic

#B8CB38 #38CB94 #4B38CB #CB386E

square

#B8CB38 #38CB94 #4B38CB #CB386E

split-complementary

#B8CB38 #386ECB #9438CB

monochromatic

#626C1C #8E9D29 #B8CB38 #C9D869 #DBE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B8CB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#B8CB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CB38

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CB38	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.166 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da79',
    500: '#b8cb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cb38;
$custom-light: #d1da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.755,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80174,
    "c": 0.16554,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CB38

secondary

#3A3176

accent

#46E25A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CB38

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

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