#B8CC38#B8CC38

#B8CC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.167 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CC38
RGB	rgb(184, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -25.25, 66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 71.55, 110.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0759 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.167 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0749, 53.6621, 11.8819)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CC38 #4C38CC

analogous

#CC9638 #B8CC38 #6ECC38

triadic

#B8CC38 #38B8CC #CC38B8

tetradic

#B8CC38 #38CC96 #4C38CC #CC386E

square

#B8CC38 #38CC96 #4C38CC #CC386E

split-complementary

#B8CC38 #386ECC #9638CC

monochromatic

#636E1C #8E9E29 #B8CC38 #C9D869 #DBE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B8CC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#B8CC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CC38

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CC38	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.167 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1db79',
    500: '#b8cc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cc38;
$custom-light: #d1db79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80398,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CC38

secondary

#3B3177

accent

#45E25B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CC38

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

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