#B4CD36#B4CD36

#B4CD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.170 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CD36
RGB	rgb(180, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -27.46, 67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 72.88, 112.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0819 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.17 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3205, 53.6326, 11.6647)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CD36 #4F36CD

analogous

#CD9A36 #B4CD36 #68CD36

triadic

#B4CD36 #36B4CD #CD36B4

tetradic

#B4CD36 #36CD9A #4F36CD #CD3668

square

#B4CD36 #36CD9A #4F36CD #CD3668

split-complementary

#B4CD36 #3668CD #9A36CD

monochromatic

#606D1B #8B9E27 #B4CD36 #C6D967 #D9E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B4CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#B4CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CD36

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CD36	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.170 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc78',
    500: '#b4cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cd36;
$custom-light: #cedc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.934,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80309,
    "c": 0.17033,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CD36

secondary

#3C3077

accent

#44E35F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CD36

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

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