#B4C142#B4C142

#B4C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.149 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C142
RGB	rgb(180, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -20.98, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 63.44, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0628 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.149 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8767, 48.2372, 12.4159)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C142 #4F42C1

analogous

#C18E42 #B4C142 #74C142

triadic

#B4C142 #42B4C1 #C142B4

tetradic

#B4C142 #42C18E #4F42C1 #C14274

square

#B4C142 #42C18E #4F42C1 #C14274

split-complementary

#B4C142 #4274C1 #8E42C1

monochromatic

#606722 #8B9531 #B4C142 #C6D070 #D9DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B4C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#B4C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C142

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C142	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.149 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd37d',
    500: '#b4c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c142;
$custom-light: #cdd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.142,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77705,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C142

secondary

#9993CC

accent

#4EDA5C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C142

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

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