#B4CA36#B4CA36

#B4CA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.167 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CA36
RGB	rgb(180, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -26.03, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 71.60, 111.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.078 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.167 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6097, 52.2111, 11.4277)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CA36 #4C36CA

analogous

#CA9636 #B4CA36 #6ACA36

triadic

#B4CA36 #36B4CA #CA36B4

tetradic

#B4CA36 #36CA96 #4C36CA #CA366A

square

#B4CA36 #36CA96 #4C36CA #CA366A

split-complementary

#B4CA36 #366ACA #9636CA

monochromatic

#5E6A1C #899A29 #B4CA36 #C6D766 #D8E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B4CA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#B4CA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CA36

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CA36	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.167 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda78',
    500: '#b4ca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ca36;
$custom-light: #ceda78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.919,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79633,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CA36

secondary

#3B3174

accent

#46E15D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CA36

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

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