#B4C72A#B4C72A

#B4C72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.170 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C72A
RGB	rgb(180, 199, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -25.10, 69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 73.98, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0763 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.17 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6648, 50.7179, 9.8900)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C72A #3D2AC7

analogous

#C78B2A #B4C72A #66C72A

triadic

#B4C72A #2AB4C7 #C72AB4

tetradic

#B4C72A #2AC78B #3D2AC7 #C72A66

square

#B4C72A #2AC78B #3D2AC7 #C72A66

split-complementary

#B4C72A #2A66C7 #8B2AC7

monochromatic

#596215 #86941F #B4C72A #CADB53 #DAE586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B4C72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B4C72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C72A

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C72A	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 199, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.170 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced772',
    500: '#b4c72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c72a;
$custom-light: #ced772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.261,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78891,
    "c": 0.16985,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C72A

secondary

#31296D

accent

#40E854

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C72A

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

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