#B4C738#B4C738

#B4C738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.162 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C738
RGB	rgb(180, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -24.48, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 69.67, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0735 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.162 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9606, 50.8362, 11.4479)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C738 #4B38C7

analogous

#C79238 #B4C738 #6DC738

triadic

#B4C738 #38B4C7 #C738B4

tetradic

#B4C738 #38C792 #4B38C7 #C7386D

square

#B4C738 #38C792 #4B38C7 #C7386D

split-complementary

#B4C738 #386DC7 #9238C7

monochromatic

#5E671D #89972B #B4C738 #C6D468 #D8E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B4C738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B4C738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C738

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C738	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.162 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced778',
    500: '#b4c738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c738;
$custom-light: #ced778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.972,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78972,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C738

secondary

#3A3272

accent

#48DF5C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C738

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

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