#B4CA38#B4CA38

#B4CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.166 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CA38
RGB	rgb(180, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -25.93, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 70.94, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0775 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.166 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6576, 52.2303, 11.6802)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CA38 #4E38CA

analogous

#CA9738 #B4CA38 #6BCA38

triadic

#B4CA38 #38B4CA #CA38B4

tetradic

#B4CA38 #38CA97 #4E38CA #CA386B

square

#B4CA38 #38CA97 #4E38CA #CA386B

split-complementary

#B4CA38 #386BCA #9738CA

monochromatic

#5F6B1D #8A9B29 #B4CA38 #C6D768 #D8E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B4CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#B4CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CA38

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CA38	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.166 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda79',
    500: '#b4ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ca38;
$custom-light: #ceda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.041,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79646,
    "c": 0.1658,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CA38

secondary

#3C3175

accent

#47E15E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CA38

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

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