#B8BC42#B8BC42

#B8BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.143 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BC42
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -16.81, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 61.21, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0514 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.143 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7349, 46.5511, 12.0980)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BC42 #4642BC

analogous

#BC8342 #B8BC42 #7BBC42

triadic

#B8BC42 #42B8BC #BC42B8

tetradic

#B8BC42 #42BC83 #4642BC #BC427B

square

#B8BC42 #42BC83 #4642BC #BC427B

split-complementary

#B8BC42 #427BBC #8342BC

monochromatic

#5F6122 #8C8F32 #B8BC42 #C9CC6F #DADC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B8BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B8BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BC42

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BC42	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.143 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d07d',
    500: '#b8bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bc42;
$custom-light: #d0d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76923,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BC42

secondary

#9391C9

accent

#50D855

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BC42

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

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