#B8CD42#B8CD42

#B8CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.161 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CD42
RGB	rgb(184, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -25.19, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 68.48, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0748 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.161 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5828, 54.2468, 13.3806)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CD42 #5742CD

analogous

#CD9D42 #B8CD42 #72CD42

triadic

#B8CD42 #42B8CD #CD42B8

tetradic

#B8CD42 #42CD9D #5742CD #CD4272

square

#B8CD42 #42CD9D #5742CD #CD4272

split-complementary

#B8CD42 #4272CD #9D42CD

monochromatic

#68761F #93A62C #B8CD42 #CADA72 #DCE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B8CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#B8CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CD42

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CD42	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.161 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc7e',
    500: '#b8cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cd42;
$custom-light: #d0dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.065,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80692,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CD42

secondary

#40357E

accent

#46E15E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CD42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →