#B4CA40#B4CA40

#B4CA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.161 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CA40
RGB	rgb(180, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -25.49, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 68.14, 111.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0756 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.161 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8692, 52.3149, 12.7943)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CA40 #5640CA

analogous

#CA9B40 #B4CA40 #6FCA40

triadic

#B4CA40 #40B4CA #CA40B4

tetradic

#B4CA40 #40CA9B #5640CA #CA406F

square

#B4CA40 #40CA9B #5640CA #CA406F

split-complementary

#B4CA40 #406FCA #9B40CA

monochromatic

#63701F #8EA02C #B4CA40 #C7D770 #DAE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B4CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#B4CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CA40

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CA40	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.161 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda7d',
    500: '#b4ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ca40;
$custom-light: #ceda7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.565,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79702,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CA40

secondary

#40357A

accent

#48E060

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CA40

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

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