#B4CE38#B4CE38

#B4CE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.170 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CE38
RGB	rgb(180, 206, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -27.84, 67.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 72.66, 112.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0828 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.17 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6084, 54.1317, 11.9971)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CE38 #5238CE

analogous

#CE9D38 #B4CE38 #69CE38

triadic

#B4CE38 #38B4CE #CE38B4

tetradic

#B4CE38 #38CE9D #5238CE #CE3869

square

#B4CE38 #38CE9D #5238CE #CE3869

split-complementary

#B4CE38 #3869CE #9D38CE

monochromatic

#61701C #8CA128 #B4CE38 #C7DA69 #D9E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B4CE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#B4CE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CE38

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CE38	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ce38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 206, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.170 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedd79',
    500: '#b4ce38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ce38;
$custom-light: #cedd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ce38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.4,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80547,
    "c": 0.17032,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CE38

secondary

#3E3179

accent

#44E460

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CE38

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

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