#B8C142#B8C142

#B8C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.148 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C142
RGB	rgb(184, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -19.31, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 63.30, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0584 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.148 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8216, 48.7244, 12.4602)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C142 #4B42C1

analogous

#C18A42 #B8C142 #78C142

triadic

#B8C142 #42B8C1 #C142B8

tetradic

#B8C142 #42C18A #4B42C1 #C14278

square

#B8C142 #42C18A #4B42C1 #C14278

split-complementary

#B8C142 #4278C1 #8A42C1

monochromatic

#626722 #8E9531 #B8C142 #C9D070 #DBDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B8C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C142

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C142	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.148 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d37d',
    500: '#b8c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c142;
$custom-light: #d0d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.252,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78025,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C142

secondary

#9793CC

accent

#4EDA58

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C142

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

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