#B4C940#B4C940

#B4C940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.160 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C940
RGB	rgb(180, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -25.01, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 67.70, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0743 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.16 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6353, 51.8472, 12.7163)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C940 #5540C9

analogous

#C99A40 #B4C940 #70C940

triadic

#B4C940 #40B4C9 #C940B4

tetradic

#B4C940 #40C99A #5540C9 #C94070

square

#B4C940 #40C99A #5540C9 #C94070

split-complementary

#B4C940 #4070C9 #9A40C9

monochromatic

#636F1F #8D9F2D #B4C940 #C7D670 #D9E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B4C940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#B4C940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C940

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C940	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.160 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced97d',
    500: '#b4c940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c940;
$custom-light: #ced97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.197,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C940

secondary

#3F3578

accent

#49DF60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C940

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

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