#B4C749#B4C749

#B4C749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.151 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C749
RGB	rgb(180, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -23.47, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 63.34, 111.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0691 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.151 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4492, 51.0316, 14.0213)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C749 #5C49C7

analogous

#C79B49 #B4C749 #75C749

triadic

#B4C749 #49B4C7 #C749B4

tetradic

#B4C749 #49C79B #5C49C7 #C74975

square

#B4C749 #49C79B #5C49C7 #C74975

split-complementary

#B4C749 #4975C7 #9B49C7

monochromatic

#667223 #90A132 #B4C749 #C7D578 #DBE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B4C749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#B4C749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C749

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C749	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.151 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd882',
    500: '#b4c749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c749;
$custom-light: #cdd882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79105,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C749

secondary

#43397B

accent

#4BDC61

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C749

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

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