#B4CA3A#B4CA3A

#B4CA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.165 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CA3A
RGB	rgb(180, 202, 58)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -25.83, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 70.27, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0771 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.165 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7075, 52.2502, 11.9430)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CA3A #503ACA

analogous

#CA983A #B4CA3A #6CCA3A

triadic

#B4CA3A #3AB4CA #CA3AB4

tetradic

#B4CA3A #3ACA98 #503ACA #CA3A6C

square

#B4CA3A #3ACA98 #503ACA #CA3A6C

split-complementary

#B4CA3A #3A6CCA #983ACA

monochromatic

#606C1D #8B9D2A #B4CA3A #C6D76A #D9E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B4CA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#B4CA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CA3A

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CA3A	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)

#D7BF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ca3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 202, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.165 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda7a',
    500: '#b4ca3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ca3a;
$custom-light: #ceda7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ca3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.167,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79659,
    "c": 0.1646,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CA3A

secondary

#3D3276

accent

#47E15E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CA3A

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

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