#B4CD38#B4CD38

#B4CD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.169 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CD38
RGB	rgb(180, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -27.37, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 72.23, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0815 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.169 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3684, 53.6518, 11.9171)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CD38 #5138CD

analogous

#CD9B38 #B4CD38 #69CD38

triadic

#B4CD38 #38B4CD #CD38B4

tetradic

#B4CD38 #38CD9B #5138CD #CD3869

square

#B4CD38 #38CD9B #5138CD #CD3869

split-complementary

#B4CD38 #3869CD #9B38CD

monochromatic

#616F1C #8CA028 #B4CD38 #C6D969 #D9E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B4CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#B4CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CD38

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CD38	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)

#DAC11A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.169 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc79',
    500: '#b4cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cd38;
$custom-light: #cedc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.067,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80321,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CD38

secondary

#3D3178

accent

#45E35F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CD38

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

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