#B8CD36#B8CD36

#B8CD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.169 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CD36
RGB	rgb(184, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -25.82, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 72.62, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0776 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.169 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2654, 54.1198, 11.7090)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CD36 #4B36CD

analogous

#CD9636 #B8CD36 #6DCD36

triadic

#B8CD36 #36B8CD #CD36B8

tetradic

#B8CD36 #36CD96 #4B36CD #CD366D

square

#B8CD36 #36CD96 #4B36CD #CD366D

split-complementary

#B8CD36 #366DCD #9636CD

monochromatic

#626D1B #8E9E27 #B8CD36 #C9D967 #DBE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B8CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#B8CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CD36

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CD36	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.169 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc78',
    500: '#b8cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cd36;
$custom-light: #d1dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.344,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80609,
    "c": 0.16889,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CD36

secondary

#3A3077

accent

#44E35B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CD36

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

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