#B4C249#B4C249

#B4C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.145 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C249
RGB	rgb(180, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -21.01, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 61.07, 110.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0622 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.145 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3176, 48.7685, 13.6441)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C249 #5749C2

analogous

#C29349 #B4C249 #78C249

triadic

#B4C249 #49B4C2 #C249B4

tetradic

#B4C249 #49C293 #5749C2 #C24978

square

#B4C249 #49C293 #5749C2 #C24978

split-complementary

#B4C249 #4978C2 #9349C2

monochromatic

#646C24 #8E9A34 #B4C249 #C7D177 #DAE1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B4C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B4C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C249

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C249	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.145 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd481',
    500: '#b4c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c249;
$custom-light: #cdd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.942,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77989,
    "c": 0.1449,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C249

secondary

#9F99CE

accent

#4ED95F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C249

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

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