#B4C137#B4C137
#B4C137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.156 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4C137 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 193, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 56%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 72%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 71.5%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.90, -21.60, 63.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.90, 67.50, 108.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.62% -0.0656 0.142) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.62% 0.156 114.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.5830, 48.1197, 10.8692) |
| Luminance | 0.4812 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.69
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.81
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.92
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.15
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.86
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4C137 #4437C1
analogous
#C18937 #B4C137 #6FC137
triadic
#B4C137 #37B4C1 #C137B4
tetradic
#B4C137 #37C189 #4437C1 #C1376F
square
#B4C137 #37C189 #4437C1 #C1376F
split-complementary
#B4C137 #376FC1 #8937C1
monochromatic
#5B621C #889129 #B4C137 #C8D263 #D9E092
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.98
#B4C137 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.62
#B4C137 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4C137
10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4C137 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4C137 | 1.00 | 1.98 | 10.62 | 10.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.98 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB71E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBA42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0B6A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4c137; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 193, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.156 114.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ced377',
500: '#b4c137',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4c137; $custom-light: #ced377; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4c137",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 193,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.652,
"s": 55.645,
"l": 48.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77622,
"c": 0.15641,
"h": 114.8
},
"luminance": 0.48119
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4C137
secondary
#8F89CB
accent
#49DF57
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#141409
muted
#83827B