#B4C161#B4C161

#B4C161 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.122 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C161
RGB	rgb(180, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(68, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -18.55, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 49.96, 111.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0529 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.122 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0506, 48.7068, 18.5984)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C161 #6E61C1

analogous

#C19E61 #B4C161 #84C161

triadic

#B4C161 #61B4C1 #C161B4

tetradic

#B4C161 #61C19E #6E61C1 #C16184

square

#B4C161 #61C19E #6E61C1 #C16184

split-complementary

#B4C161 #6184C1 #9E61C1

monochromatic

#6E782F #97A440 #B4C161 #C9D28D #DEE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4C161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B4C161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C161

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C161	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.122 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd390',
    500: '#b4c161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c161;
$custom-light: #ccd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.125,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78035,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C161

secondary

#B1ABD2

accent

#54D366

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F1

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C161

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

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