#B8CD3B#B8CD3B

#B8CD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.166 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CD3B
RGB	rgb(184, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -25.58, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 70.97, 111.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0765 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.166 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3889, 54.1692, 12.3595)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CD3B #503BCD

analogous

#CD993B #B8CD3B #6FCD3B

triadic

#B8CD3B #3BB8CD #CD3BB8

tetradic

#B8CD3B #3BCD99 #503BCD #CD3B6F

square

#B8CD3B #3BCD99 #503BCD #CD3B6F

split-complementary

#B8CD3B #3B6FCD #993BCD

monochromatic

#65711D #90A229 #B8CD3B #CAD96C #DBE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B8CD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#B8CD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CD3B

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CD3B	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#DBC220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.166 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc7b',
    500: '#b8cd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cd3b;
$custom-light: #d1dc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.63,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80642,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CD3B

secondary

#3D327A

accent

#45E35C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CD3B

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

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