#B4CA2A#B4CA2A

#B4CA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.173 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CA2A
RGB	rgb(180, 202, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -26.54, 70.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 75.18, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0803 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.173 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3619, 52.1120, 10.1224)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CA2A #402ACA

analogous

#CA902A #B4CA2A #64CA2A

triadic

#B4CA2A #2AB4CA #CA2AB4

tetradic

#B4CA2A #2ACA90 #402ACA #CA2A64

square

#B4CA2A #2ACA90 #402ACA #CA2A64

split-complementary

#B4CA2A #2A64CA #902ACA

monochromatic

#5A6515 #87971F #B4CA2A #C9DC55 #D9E688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B4CA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#B4CA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CA2A

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CA2A	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ca2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 202, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.173 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda72',
    500: '#b4ca2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ca2a;
$custom-light: #ceda72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ca2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.25,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79566,
    "c": 0.17308,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CA2A

secondary

#33296F

accent

#3FE957

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CA2A

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

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