#B2BD42#B2BD42

#B2BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.145 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BD42
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -19.83, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 61.78, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0595 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.145 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5420, 46.2542, 12.1035)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BD42 #4D42BD

analogous

#BD8B42 #B2BD42 #74BD42

triadic

#B2BD42 #42B2BD #BD42B2

tetradic

#B2BD42 #42BD8B #4D42BD #BD4274

square

#B2BD42 #42BD8B #4D42BD #BD4274

split-complementary

#B2BD42 #4274BD #8B42BD

monochromatic

#5D6222 #879032 #B2BD42 #C4CD6F #D7DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B2BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B2BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BD42

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BD42	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.145 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd07d',
    500: '#b2bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bd42;
$custom-light: #ccd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.366,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76654,
    "c": 0.14511,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BD42

secondary

#9792C9

accent

#50D85C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BD42

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

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