#B2CA38#B2CA38

#B2CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.167 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2CA38
RGB	rgb(178, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -26.75, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 71.08, 112.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0797 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.167 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1953, 51.9919, 11.6585)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2CA38 #5038CA

analogous

#CA9938 #B2CA38 #69CA38

triadic

#B2CA38 #38B2CA #CA38B2

tetradic

#B2CA38 #38CA99 #5038CA #CA3869

square

#B2CA38 #38CA99 #5038CA #CA3869

split-complementary

#B2CA38 #3869CA #9938CA

monochromatic

#5E6B1D #899B29 #B2CA38 #C5D768 #D7E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B2CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#B2CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2CA38

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2CA38	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.167 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdda79',
    500: '#b2ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2ca38;
$custom-light: #cdda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.863,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79495,
    "c": 0.16653,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2CA38

secondary

#3C3175

accent

#47E160

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2CA38

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

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