#B4C916#B4C916

#B4C916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.179 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C916
RGB	rgb(180, 201, 22)
HSL	hsl(67, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -26.63, 74.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 79.13, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0817 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.179 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8550, 51.5350, 8.6066)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C916 #2B16C9

analogous

#C98416 #B4C916 #5AC916

triadic

#B4C916 #16B4C9 #C916B4

tetradic

#B4C916 #16C984 #2B16C9 #C9165A

square

#B4C916 #16C984 #2B16C9 #C9165A

split-complementary

#B4C916 #165AC9 #8416C9

monochromatic

#515B0A #839210 #B4C916 #D3E933 #DFEF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B4C916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#B4C916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C916

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C916	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 201, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.179 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd96b',
    500: '#b4c916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c916;
$custom-light: #cfd96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.039,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79267,
    "c": 0.179,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C916

secondary

#251D66

accent

#31F748

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141408

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C916

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

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