#B4C938#B4C938

#B4C938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.165 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C938
RGB	rgb(180, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -25.45, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 70.52, 111.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0762 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.165 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4238, 51.7625, 11.6023)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C938 #4D38C9

analogous

#C99638 #B4C938 #6BC938

triadic

#B4C938 #38B4C9 #C938B4

tetradic

#B4C938 #38C996 #4D38C9 #C9386B

square

#B4C938 #38C996 #4D38C9 #C9386B

split-complementary

#B4C938 #386BC9 #9638C9

monochromatic

#5F6A1D #8A9A2A #B4C938 #C6D668 #D8E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B4C938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#B4C938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C938

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C938	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.165 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced979',
    500: '#b4c938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c938;
$custom-light: #ced979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.69,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79421,
    "c": 0.16468,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C938

secondary

#3B3174

accent

#47E15D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C938

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

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