#B4C239#B4C239
#B4C239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.156 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4C239 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 194, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 55%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 71%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 70.6%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.19, -21.98, 63.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.19, 67.21, 109.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.86% -0.0665 0.1414) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.86% 0.156 115.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.8537, 48.5829, 11.2008) |
| Luminance | 0.4858 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.94
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.95
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.04
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.09
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.86
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4C239 #4739C2
analogous
#C28C39 #B4C239 #70C239
triadic
#B4C239 #39B4C2 #C239B4
tetradic
#B4C239 #39C28C #4739C2 #C23970
square
#B4C239 #39C28C #4739C2 #C23970
split-complementary
#B4C239 #3970C2 #8C39C2
monochromatic
#5C631D #88932B #B4C239 #C7D266 #D8E095
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.96
#B4C239 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.72
#B4C239 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4C239
10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4C239 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4C239 | 1.00 | 1.96 | 10.72 | 10.72 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.96 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B821
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBA44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0B7A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4c239; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 194, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.156 115.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ced478',
500: '#b4c239',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4c239; $custom-light: #ced478; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4c239",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 194,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.131,
"s": 54.582,
"l": 49.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77859,
"c": 0.15627,
"h": 115.2
},
"luminance": 0.48582
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4C239
secondary
#928BCB
accent
#4ADE59
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#141409
muted
#83827B