#B4C462#B4C462

#B4C462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.125 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C462
RGB	rgb(180, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(70, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 50%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 50%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -19.95, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 50.98, 113.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0567 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.125 117)
XYZ	xyz(40.7674, 50.0654, 19.0689)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C462 #7262C4

analogous

#C4A362 #B4C462 #83C462

triadic

#B4C462 #62B4C4 #C462B4

tetradic

#B4C462 #62C4A3 #7262C4 #C46283

square

#B4C462 #62C4A3 #7262C4 #C46283

split-complementary

#B4C462 #6283C4 #A362C4

monochromatic

#707D2F #98A940 #B4C462 #C9D58E #DEE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B4C462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B4C462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C462

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C462	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.125 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd591',
    500: '#b4c462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c462;
$custom-light: #ccd591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78711,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.50065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C462

secondary

#4F4585

accent

#53D568

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C462

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

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