#B4C042#B4C042

#B4C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.148 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C042
RGB	rgb(180, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -20.48, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 63.00, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0614 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.148 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6564, 47.7966, 12.3425)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C042 #4E42C0

analogous

#C08D42 #B4C042 #75C042

triadic

#B4C042 #42B4C0 #C042B4

tetradic

#B4C042 #42C08D #4E42C0 #C04275

square

#B4C042 #42C08D #4E42C0 #C04275

split-complementary

#B4C042 #4275C0 #8D42C0

monochromatic

#5F6622 #8A9431 #B4C042 #C6CF70 #D8DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B4C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#B4C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C042

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C042	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.148 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd27d',
    500: '#b4c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c042;
$custom-light: #cdd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77482,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C042

secondary

#9893CB

accent

#4EDA5C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C042

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

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