#B4CD42#B4CD42

#B4CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.163 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CD42
RGB	rgb(180, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -26.82, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 68.75, 112.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0791 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.163 119)
XYZ	xyz(41.6379, 53.7596, 13.3363)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CD42 #5B42CD

analogous

#CDA042 #B4CD42 #6FCD42

triadic

#B4CD42 #42B4CD #CD42B4

tetradic

#B4CD42 #42CDA0 #5B42CD #CD426F

square

#B4CD42 #42CDA0 #5B42CD #CD426F

split-complementary

#B4CD42 #426FCD #A042CD

monochromatic

#66761F #90A62C #B4CD42 #C7DA72 #DAE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B4CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#B4CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CD42

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CD42	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.163 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedc7e',
    500: '#b4cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cd42;
$custom-light: #cedc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.791,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80392,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.53759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CD42

secondary

#42357E

accent

#46E162

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CD42

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

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