#B4C159#B4C159

#B4C159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.130 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C159
RGB	rgb(180, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -19.27, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 53.66, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0557 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.13 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6962, 48.5650, 16.7321)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C159 #6659C1

analogous

#C19A59 #B4C159 #80C159

triadic

#B4C159 #59B4C1 #C159B4

tetradic

#B4C159 #59C19A #6659C1 #C15980

square

#B4C159 #59C19A #6659C1 #C15980

split-complementary

#B4C159 #5980C1 #9A59C1

monochromatic

#6B742B #94A13C #B4C159 #C8D286 #DCE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B4C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C159

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C159	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.130 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd38b',
    500: '#b4c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c159;
$custom-light: #ccd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77935,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C159

secondary

#ABA5D1

accent

#53D563

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C159

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

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