#B4CB42#B4CB42

#B4CB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.161 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CB42
RGB	rgb(180, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -25.86, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 67.85, 112.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0764 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.161 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1625, 52.8089, 13.1779)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CB42 #5942CB

analogous

#CB9D42 #B4CB42 #6FCB42

triadic

#B4CB42 #42B4CB #CB42B4

tetradic

#B4CB42 #42CB9D #5942CB #CB426F

square

#B4CB42 #42CB9D #5942CB #CB426F

split-complementary

#B4CB42 #426FCB #9D42CB

monochromatic

#657320 #8FA32D #B4CB42 #C7D872 #DAE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B4CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#B4CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CB42

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CB42	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.161 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceda7e',
    500: '#b4cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cb42;
$custom-light: #ceda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.073,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79943,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CB42

secondary

#41357C

accent

#48E061

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CB42

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

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