#B8CA56#B8CA56

#B8CA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.142 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CA56
RGB	rgb(184, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -22.35, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 59.06, 112.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0649 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.142 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5681, 53.1037, 16.8098)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CA56 #6856CA

analogous

#CAA256 #B8CA56 #7ECA56

triadic

#B8CA56 #56B8CA #CA56B8

tetradic

#B8CA56 #56CAA2 #6856CA #CA567E

square

#B8CA56 #56CAA2 #6856CA #CA567E

split-complementary

#B8CA56 #567ECA #A256CA

monochromatic

#717E28 #9AAD36 #B8CA56 #CCD985 #DFE7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#B8CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#B8CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CA56

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CA56	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.142 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0da8a',
    500: '#b8ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ca56;
$custom-light: #d0da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.31,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80207,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CA56

secondary

#493E86

accent

#4CDC62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CA56

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

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