#B8CD59#B8CD59

#B8CD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.143 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CD59
RGB	rgb(184, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -23.57, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 59.19, 113.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.068 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.143 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4023, 54.5746, 17.6967)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CD59 #6E59CD

analogous

#CDA859 #B8CD59 #7ECD59

triadic

#B8CD59 #59B8CD #CD59B8

tetradic

#B8CD59 #59CDA8 #6E59CD #CD597E

square

#B8CD59 #59CDA8 #6E59CD #CD597E

split-complementary

#B8CD59 #597ECD #A859CD

monochromatic

#738428 #9CB336 #B8CD59 #CCDB88 #E0E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B8CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#B8CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CD59

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CD59	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.143 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc8c',
    500: '#b8cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8cd59;
$custom-light: #d0dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.862,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80906,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CD59

secondary

#4D3F8B

accent

#4BDD65

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CD59

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

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