#B4C831#B4C831
#B4C831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.167 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4C831 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 200, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 61%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 76%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10%, 0%, 75.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.82, -25.29, 67.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.82, 72.35, 110.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.15% -0.0764 0.1491) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.15% 0.167 117.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.0320, 51.2341, 10.6854) |
| Luminance | 0.5123 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 2.57
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.71
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.75
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.03
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.59
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4C831 #4531C8
analogous
#C89131 #B4C831 #69C831
triadic
#B4C831 #31B4C8 #C831B4
tetradic
#B4C831 #31C891 #4531C8 #C83169
square
#B4C831 #31C891 #4531C8 #C83169
split-complementary
#B4C831 #3169C8 #9131C8
monochromatic
#5C6619 #889725 #B4C831 #C8D85F #D9E490
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.87
#B4C831 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.25
#B4C831 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4C831
11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4C831 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4C831 | 1.00 | 1.87 | 11.25 | 11.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.87 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BD09
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4BE3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFBDAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4c831; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 200, 49); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.167 117.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ced875',
500: '#b4c831',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4c831; $custom-light: #ced875; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4c831",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 200,
"b": 49
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.947,
"s": 60.643,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79153,
"c": 0.16749,
"h": 117.1
},
"luminance": 0.51234
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4C831
secondary
#362D70
accent
#44E459
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF1
border
#D4D4CB
text
#141409
muted
#83837D