#B4C151#B4C151
#B4C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.137 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4C151 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 193, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 47%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 58%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 58%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.10, -19.93, 53.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.10, 57.23, 110.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.85% -0.0584 0.124) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.85% 0.137 115.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.3783, 48.4379, 15.0580) |
| Luminance | 0.4844 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.29
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 4.55
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.72
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 4.82
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.88
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4C151 #5E51C1
analogous
#C19651 #B4C151 #7CC151
triadic
#B4C151 #51B4C1 #C151B4
tetradic
#B4C151 #51C196 #5E51C1 #C1517C
square
#B4C151 #51C196 #5E51C1 #C1517C
split-complementary
#B4C151 #517CC1 #9651C1
monochromatic
#677028 #919D38 #B4C151 #C7D17E #DBE1AB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.96
#B4C151 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.69
#B4C151 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4C151
10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4C151 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4C151 | 1.00 | 1.96 | 10.69 | 10.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.96 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB845
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBA58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEB7A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4c151; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 193, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.137 115.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdd386',
500: '#b4c151',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4c151; $custom-light: #cdd386; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4c151",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 193,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.964,
"s": 47.458,
"l": 53.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77846,
"c": 0.13708,
"h": 115.2
},
"luminance": 0.48437
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4C151
secondary
#A59FCF
accent
#51D760
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F9F9F0
border
#D2D2CB
text
#14140B
muted
#82827C