#B4C230#B4C230

#B4C230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.162 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C230
RGB	rgb(180, 194, 48)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -22.42, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 70.21, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0685 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.162 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6488, 48.5009, 10.1214)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C230 #3E30C2

analogous

#C28730 #B4C230 #6BC230

triadic

#B4C230 #30B4C2 #C230B4

tetradic

#B4C230 #30C287 #3E30C2 #C2306B

square

#B4C230 #30C287 #3E30C2 #C2306B

split-complementary

#B4C230 #306BC2 #8730C2

monochromatic

#596018 #869124 #B4C230 #CAD659 #DAE28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4C230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#B4C230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C230

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C230	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B80B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 194, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.162 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced474',
    500: '#b4c230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c230;
$custom-light: #ced474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77801,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C230

secondary

#8982CC

accent

#44E354

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C230

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

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