#B4C42F#B4C42F

#B4C42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.164 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C42F
RGB	rgb(180, 196, 47)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -23.44, 67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 71.33, 109.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0714 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.164 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0765, 49.3890, 10.1633)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C42F #3F2FC4

analogous

#C4892F #B4C42F #69C42F

triadic

#B4C42F #2FB4C4 #C42FB4

tetradic

#B4C42F #2FC489 #3F2FC4 #C42F69

square

#B4C42F #2FC489 #3F2FC4 #C42F69

split-complementary

#B4C42F #2F69C4 #892FC4

monochromatic

#596117 #879323 #B4C42F #CAD759 #DAE38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B4C42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#B4C42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C42F

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C42F	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)

#D2BA05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 196, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.164 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced574',
    500: '#b4c42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c42f;
$custom-light: #ced574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.443,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78243,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C42F

secondary

#8A82CD

accent

#43E455

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C42F

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

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