#B4C849#B4C849

#B4C849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.152 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C849
RGB	rgb(180, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -23.96, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 63.79, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0705 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.152 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6800, 51.4933, 14.0982)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C849 #5D49C8

analogous

#C89C49 #B4C849 #74C849

triadic

#B4C849 #49B4C8 #C849B4

tetradic

#B4C849 #49C89C #5D49C8 #C84974

square

#B4C849 #49C89C #5D49C8 #C84974

split-complementary

#B4C849 #4974C8 #9C49C8

monochromatic

#677423 #91A331 #B4C849 #C7D678 #DBE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B4C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#B4C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C849

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C849	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.152 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd882',
    500: '#b4c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c849;
$custom-light: #cdd882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.449,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79328,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C849

secondary

#43397D

accent

#4BDD62

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C849

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

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