#B4C238#B4C238

#B4C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.157 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C238
RGB	rgb(180, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -22.04, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 67.56, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0667 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.157 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8290, 48.5730, 11.0707)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C238 #4638C2

analogous

#C28B38 #B4C238 #6FC238

triadic

#B4C238 #38B4C2 #C238B4

tetradic

#B4C238 #38C28B #4638C2 #C2386F

square

#B4C238 #38C28B #4638C2 #C2386F

split-complementary

#B4C238 #386FC2 #8B38C2

monochromatic

#5C631D #88932A #B4C238 #C7D265 #D8E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B4C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C238

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C238	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)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.157 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced478',
    500: '#b4c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c238;
$custom-light: #ced478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77852,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C238

secondary

#918ACB

accent

#49DF58

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C238

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

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