#B4CD49#B4CD49

#B4CD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.158 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CD49
RGB	rgb(180, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -26.37, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 66.09, 113.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0772 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.158 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8570, 53.8472, 14.4905)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CD49 #6249CD

analogous

#CDA449 #B4CD49 #72CD49

triadic

#B4CD49 #49B4CD #CD49B4

tetradic

#B4CD49 #49CDA4 #6249CD #CD4972

square

#B4CD49 #49CDA4 #6249CD #CD4972

split-complementary

#B4CD49 #4972CD #A449CD

monochromatic

#697A22 #93AA2F #B4CD49 #C8DA79 #DCE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B4CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#B4CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CD49

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CD49	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.158 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddc82',
    500: '#b4cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cd49;
$custom-light: #cddc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8045,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CD49

secondary

#463882

accent

#48E065

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CD49

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

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