#B4C842#B4C842

#B4C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.157 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C842
RGB	rgb(180, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -24.41, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 66.51, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0724 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.157 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4609, 51.4056, 12.9440)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C842 #5642C8

analogous

#C89942 #B4C842 #71C842

triadic

#B4C842 #42B4C8 #C842B4

tetradic

#B4C842 #42C899 #5642C8 #C84271

square

#B4C842 #42C899 #5642C8 #C84271

split-complementary

#B4C842 #4271C8 #9942C8

monochromatic

#636F20 #8E9F2E #B4C842 #C7D671 #DAE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B4C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#B4C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C842

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C842	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.157 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced87e',
    500: '#b4c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c842;
$custom-light: #ced87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.955,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79269,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C842

secondary

#403679

accent

#4ADE60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C842

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

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