#B4C42E#B4C42E

#B4C42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.165 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C42E
RGB	rgb(180, 196, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -23.48, 67.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 71.63, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0716 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.165 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0565, 49.3810, 10.0583)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C42E #3E2EC4

analogous

#C4892E #B4C42E #69C42E

triadic

#B4C42E #2EB4C4 #C42EB4

tetradic

#B4C42E #2EC489 #3E2EC4 #C42E69

square

#B4C42E #2EC489 #3E2EC4 #C42E69

split-complementary

#B4C42E #2E69C4 #892EC4

monochromatic

#596117 #869222 #B4C42E #CAD858 #DAE389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B4C42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#B4C42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C42E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C42E	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 196, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.165 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced573',
    500: '#b4c42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c42e;
$custom-light: #ced573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.4,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78238,
    "c": 0.16469,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C42E

secondary

#8981CD

accent

#43E554

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C42E

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

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