#B4C642#B4C642

#B4C642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.155 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C642
RGB	rgb(180, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -23.43, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 65.63, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0697 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.155 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0007, 50.4853, 12.7906)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C642 #5442C6

analogous

#C69642 #B4C642 #72C642

triadic

#B4C642 #42B4C6 #C642B4

tetradic

#B4C642 #42C696 #5442C6 #C64272

square

#B4C642 #42C696 #5442C6 #C64272

split-complementary

#B4C642 #4272C6 #9642C6

monochromatic

#626D21 #8D9C2F #B4C642 #C7D471 #D9E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4C642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B4C642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C642

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C642	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.155 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd77d',
    500: '#b4c642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c642;
$custom-light: #cdd77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78821,
    "c": 0.15476,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C642

secondary

#3F3676

accent

#4BDD5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C642

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

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