#B7CD42#B7CD42

#B7CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.162 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7CD42
RGB	rgb(183, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -25.60, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 68.54, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0759 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.162 118)
XYZ	xyz(42.3440, 54.1237, 13.3694)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7CD42 #5842CD

analogous

#CD9D42 #B7CD42 #72CD42

triadic

#B7CD42 #42B7CD #CD42B7

tetradic

#B7CD42 #42CD9D #5842CD #CD4272

square

#B7CD42 #42CD9D #5842CD #CD4272

split-complementary

#B7CD42 #4272CD #9D42CD

monochromatic

#68761F #93A62C #B7CD42 #C9DA72 #DCE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B7CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#B7CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7CD42

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7CD42	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.162 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc7e',
    500: '#b7cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7cd42;
$custom-light: #d0dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.496,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80617,
    "c": 0.16181,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.54123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7CD42

secondary

#41357E

accent

#46E15F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7CD42

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

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