#B8CD37#B8CD37

#B8CD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.168 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CD37
RGB	rgb(184, 205, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -25.78, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 72.30, 110.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0774 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.168 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2891, 54.1293, 11.8339)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CD37 #4C37CD

analogous

#CD9737 #B8CD37 #6DCD37

triadic

#B8CD37 #37B8CD #CD37B8

tetradic

#B8CD37 #37CD97 #4C37CD #CD376D

square

#B8CD37 #37CD97 #4C37CD #CD376D

split-complementary

#B8CD37 #376DCD #9737CD

monochromatic

#636E1C #8E9F28 #B8CD37 #C9D968 #DBE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B8CD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#B8CD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CD37

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CD37	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 205, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.168 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc79',
    500: '#b8cd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cd37;
$custom-light: #d1dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80615,
    "c": 0.16833,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CD37

secondary

#3B3177

accent

#45E35B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CD37

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

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