#B4C231#B4C231

#B4C231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.161 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C231
RGB	rgb(180, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -22.37, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 69.90, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0683 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.161 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6696, 48.5093, 10.2313)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C231 #3F31C2

analogous

#C28731 #B4C231 #6CC231

triadic

#B4C231 #31B4C2 #C231B4

tetradic

#B4C231 #31C287 #3F31C2 #C2316C

square

#B4C231 #31C287 #3F31C2 #C2316C

split-complementary

#B4C231 #316CC2 #8731C2

monochromatic

#596018 #879125 #B4C231 #CAD65B #DAE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#B4C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C231

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C231	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)

#D0B80E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.161 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced474',
    500: '#b4c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c231;
$custom-light: #ced474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.16096,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C231

secondary

#8A83CC

accent

#45E354

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C231

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

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