#B2C042#B2C042

#B2C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.149 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2C042
RGB	rgb(178, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -21.31, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 63.09, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0636 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.149 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1940, 47.5582, 12.3208)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2C042 #5042C0

analogous

#C08F42 #B2C042 #73C042

triadic

#B2C042 #42B2C0 #C042B2

tetradic

#B2C042 #42C08F #5042C0 #C04273

square

#B2C042 #42C08F #5042C0 #C04273

split-complementary

#B2C042 #4273C0 #8F42C0

monochromatic

#5E6622 #899431 #B2C042 #C5CF70 #D7DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B2C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#B2C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2C042

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2C042	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.149 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd27d',
    500: '#b2c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2c042;
$custom-light: #ccd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77323,
    "c": 0.14852,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2C042

secondary

#9993CB

accent

#4EDA5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2C042

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

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