#B7CD38#B7CD38

#B7CD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.168 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7CD38
RGB	rgb(183, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -26.14, 67.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 72.03, 111.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0783 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.168 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0745, 54.0159, 11.9502)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7CD38 #4E38CD

analogous

#CD9838 #B7CD38 #6CCD38

triadic

#B7CD38 #38B7CD #CD38B7

tetradic

#B7CD38 #38CD98 #4E38CD #CD386C

square

#B7CD38 #38CD98 #4E38CD #CD386C

split-complementary

#B7CD38 #386CCD #9838CD

monochromatic

#636F1C #8EA028 #B7CD38 #C9D969 #DAE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B7CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#B7CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7CD38

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7CD38	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.168 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc79',
    500: '#b7cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7cd38;
$custom-light: #d0dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.859,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80546,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7CD38

secondary

#3C3178

accent

#45E35C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7CD38

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

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