#B8C42B#B8C42B

#B8C42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.165 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8C42B
RGB	rgb(184, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -21.92, 68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 72.34, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0677 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.165 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9444, 49.8454, 9.8020)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8C42B #372BC4

analogous

#C4842B #B8C42B #6CC42B

triadic

#B8C42B #2BB8C4 #C42BB8

tetradic

#B8C42B #2BC484 #372BC4 #C42B6C

square

#B8C42B #2BC484 #372BC4 #C42B6C

split-complementary

#B8C42B #2B6CC4 #842BC4

monochromatic

#5A6015 #899220 #B8C42B #CFD953 #DDE485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B8C42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#B8C42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8C42B

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8C42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8C42B	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8c42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.165 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d572',
    500: '#b8c42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8c42b;
$custom-light: #d1d572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8c42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.706,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78538,
    "c": 0.1649,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8C42B

secondary

#847DCE

accent

#41E74E

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#151409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8C42B

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

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