#B8CB49#B8CB49

#B8CB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.154 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CB49
RGB	rgb(184, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -23.79, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 64.92, 111.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0702 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.154 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3266, 53.3837, 14.3764)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CB49 #5C49CB

analogous

#CB9D49 #B8CB49 #77CB49

triadic

#B8CB49 #49B8CB #CB49B8

tetradic

#B8CB49 #49CB9D #5C49CB #CB4977

square

#B8CB49 #49CB9D #5C49CB #CB4977

split-complementary

#B8CB49 #4977CB #9D49CB

monochromatic

#6B7722 #96A730 #B8CB49 #CBD979 #DDE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B8CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#B8CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CB49

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CB49	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.154 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0da82',
    500: '#b8cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cb49;
$custom-light: #d0da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80303,
    "c": 0.15415,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CB49

secondary

#433880

accent

#49DF5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CB49

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

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