#B8CE37#B8CE37
#B8CE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.169 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B8CE37 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(184, 206, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 61%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 73%, 81%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 73.3%, 19.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.82, -26.26, 67.82) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.82, 72.72, 111.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.84% -0.0787 0.15) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.84% 0.169 117.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.5290, 54.6092, 11.9139) |
| Luminance | 0.5461 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 2.27
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.67
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.79
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.24
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 4.66
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 4.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B8CE37 #4D37CE
analogous
#CE9837 #B8CE37 #6CCE37
triadic
#B8CE37 #37B8CE #CE37B8
tetradic
#B8CE37 #37CE98 #4D37CE #CE376C
square
#B8CE37 #37CE98 #4D37CE #CE376C
split-complementary
#B8CE37 #376CCE #9837CE
monochromatic
#636F1B #8FA027 #B8CE37 #C9DA68 #DBE699
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.76
#B8CE37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.92
#B8CE37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B8CE37
11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B8CE37 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B8CE37 | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.92 | 11.92 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC317
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC444
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3C2B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b8ce37; /* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 206, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.169 117.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1dc79',
500: '#b8ce37',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b8ce37; $custom-light: #d1dc79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b8ce37",
"rgb": {
"r": 184,
"g": 206,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.742,
"s": 60.643,
"l": 51.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80839,
"c": 0.16944,
"h": 117.7
},
"luminance": 0.54609
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B8CE37
secondary
#3B3179
accent
#44E45B
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF2
border
#D4D5CC
text
#14150A
muted
#83847D