#B4C449#B4C449

#B4C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.147 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C449
RGB	rgb(180, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -22.00, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 61.97, 110.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.065 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.147 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7658, 49.6647, 13.7934)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C449 #5949C4

analogous

#C49649 #B4C449 #76C449

triadic

#B4C449 #49B4C4 #C449B4

tetradic

#B4C449 #49C496 #5949C4 #C44976

square

#B4C449 #49C496 #5949C4 #C44976

split-complementary

#B4C449 #4976C4 #9649C4

monochromatic

#656F24 #8F9D33 #B4C449 #C7D377 #DAE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B4C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#B4C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C449

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C449	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.147 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd581',
    500: '#b4c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c449;
$custom-light: #cdd581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.805,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78435,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C449

secondary

#A19ACF

accent

#4DDB60

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F9FAEF

border

#D2D3CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C449

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

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