#B4C242#B4C242

#B4C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.150 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C242
RGB	rgb(180, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -21.47, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 63.87, 109.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0642 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.15 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0985, 48.6808, 12.4899)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C242 #5042C2

analogous

#C29042 #B4C242 #74C242

triadic

#B4C242 #42B4C2 #C242B4

tetradic

#B4C242 #42C290 #5042C2 #C24274

square

#B4C242 #42C290 #5042C2 #C24274

split-complementary

#B4C242 #4274C2 #9042C2

monochromatic

#606822 #8B9631 #B4C242 #C6D170 #D9E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#B4C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C242

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C242	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.150 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd47d',
    500: '#b4c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c242;
$custom-light: #cdd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.563,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77927,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C242

secondary

#9A94CC

accent

#4DDB5D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C242

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

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