#B8CB55#B8CB55

#B8CB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.144 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CB55
RGB	rgb(184, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -22.92, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 59.96, 112.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0666 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.144 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7635, 53.5585, 16.6776)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CB55 #6855CB

analogous

#CBA355 #B8CB55 #7DCB55

triadic

#B8CB55 #55B8CB #CB55B8

tetradic

#B8CB55 #55CBA3 #6855CB #CB557D

square

#B8CB55 #55CBA3 #6855CB #CB557D

split-complementary

#B8CB55 #557DCB #A355CB

monochromatic

#717F27 #9AAE35 #B8CB55 #CCD984 #DFE8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B8CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#B8CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CB55

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CB55	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.144 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0da89',
    500: '#b8cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cb55;
$custom-light: #d0da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.661,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80419,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CB55

secondary

#493E87

accent

#4BDD63

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CB55

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

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