#B4CA2D#B4CA2D

#B4CA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.172 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CA2D
RGB	rgb(180, 202, 45)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -26.42, 69.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 74.35, 110.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0798 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.172 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4176, 52.1343, 10.4158)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CA2D #432DCA

analogous

#CA912D #B4CA2D #65CA2D

triadic

#B4CA2D #2DB4CA #CA2DB4

tetradic

#B4CA2D #2DCA91 #432DCA #CA2D65

square

#B4CA2D #2DCA91 #432DCA #CA2D65

split-complementary

#B4CA2D #2D65CA #912DCA

monochromatic

#5B6617 #879822 #B4CA2D #C8DA5A #D9E58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B4CA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#B4CA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CA2D

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CA2D	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ca2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 202, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.172 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda74',
    500: '#b4ca2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ca2d;
$custom-light: #ceda74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ca2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.408,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79581,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CA2D

secondary

#352B70

accent

#41E758

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CA2D

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

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