#B8CD49#B8CD49

#B8CD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.156 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CD49
RGB	rgb(184, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -24.75, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 65.82, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0729 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.156 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8019, 54.3344, 14.5348)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CD49 #5E49CD

analogous

#CDA049 #B8CD49 #76CD49

triadic

#B8CD49 #49B8CD #CD49B8

tetradic

#B8CD49 #49CDA0 #5E49CD #CD4976

square

#B8CD49 #49CDA0 #5E49CD #CD4976

split-complementary

#B8CD49 #4976CD #A049CD

monochromatic

#6C7A22 #96AA2F #B8CD49 #CBDA79 #DDE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B8CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#B8CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CD49

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CD49	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.156 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc82',
    500: '#b8cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cd49;
$custom-light: #d0dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80749,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CD49

secondary

#443882

accent

#48E060

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CD49

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

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