#B4C442#B4C442

#B4C442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.152 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C442
RGB	rgb(180, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -22.45, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 64.75, 110.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0669 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.152 116)
XYZ	xyz(39.5466, 49.5771, 12.6392)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C442 #5242C4

analogous

#C49342 #B4C442 #73C442

triadic

#B4C442 #42B4C4 #C442B4

tetradic

#B4C442 #42C493 #5242C4 #C44273

square

#B4C442 #42C493 #5242C4 #C44273

split-complementary

#B4C442 #4273C4 #9342C4

monochromatic

#616A21 #8C9930 #B4C442 #C7D371 #D9E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B4C442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B4C442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C442

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C442	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.152 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd57d',
    500: '#b4c442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c442;
$custom-light: #cdd57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.15247,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.49577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C442

secondary

#9B94CE

accent

#4CDC5E

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C442

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

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