#B4C237#B4C237
#B4C237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.158 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4C237 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 194, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 56%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 72%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.18, -22.09, 64.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.18, 67.91, 108.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.85% -0.067 0.1426) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.85% 0.158 115.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.8048, 48.5634, 10.9432) |
| Luminance | 0.4856 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.77
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.80
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.86
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.05
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.81
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4C237 #4537C2
analogous
#C28B37 #B4C237 #6FC237
triadic
#B4C237 #37B4C2 #C237B4
tetradic
#B4C237 #37C28B #4537C2 #C2376F
square
#B4C237 #37C28B #4537C2 #C2376F
split-complementary
#B4C237 #376FC2 #8B37C2
monochromatic
#5C631C #889229 #B4C237 #C8D363 #D9E093
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.96
#B4C237 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.71
#B4C237 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4C237
10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4C237 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4C237 | 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)
#D0B81D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBA42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0B7A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4c237; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 194, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.158 115.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ced477',
500: '#b4c237',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4c237; $custom-light: #ced477; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4c237",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 194,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.043,
"s": 55.823,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77845,
"c": 0.15751,
"h": 115.2
},
"luminance": 0.48563
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4C237
secondary
#9089CB
accent
#49DF58
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#141409
muted
#83827B