#B4CD32#B4CD32

#B4CD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.172 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CD32
RGB	rgb(180, 205, 50)
HSL	hsl(70, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 75.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -27.65, 68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 74.13, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0828 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.173 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2304, 53.5966, 11.1901)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CD32 #4B32CD

analogous

#CD9832 #B4CD32 #67CD32

triadic

#B4CD32 #32B4CD #CD32B4

tetradic

#B4CD32 #32CD98 #4B32CD #CD3267

square

#B4CD32 #32CD98 #4B32CD #CD3267

split-complementary

#B4CD32 #3267CD #9832CD

monochromatic

#5E6B1A #899C26 #B4CD32 #C6D963 #D8E594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B4CD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#B4CD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CD32

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CD32	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cd32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 205, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.172 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc76',
    500: '#b4cd32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cd32;
$custom-light: #cedc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cd32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80285,
    "c": 0.1725,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CD32

secondary

#3A2F74

accent

#44E45E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CD32

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

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