#B4C149#B4C149

#B4C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.144 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C149
RGB	rgb(180, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -20.52, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 60.62, 109.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0608 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.144 115)
XYZ	xyz(39.0958, 48.3249, 13.5701)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C149 #5649C1

analogous

#C19249 #B4C149 #78C149

triadic

#B4C149 #49B4C1 #C149B4

tetradic

#B4C149 #49C192 #5649C1 #C14978

square

#B4C149 #49C192 #5649C1 #C14978

split-complementary

#B4C149 #4978C1 #9249C1

monochromatic

#636B24 #8E9934 #B4C149 #C7D177 #DAE0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B4C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B4C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C149

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C149	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.144 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd381',
    500: '#b4c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c149;
$custom-light: #cdd381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77766,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.48324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C149

secondary

#9E99CD

accent

#4FD95E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C149

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

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