#B4CE42#B4CE42

#B4CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.164 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CE42
RGB	rgb(180, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -27.30, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 69.19, 113.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0804 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.164 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8778, 54.2395, 13.4163)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CE42 #5C42CE

analogous

#CEA242 #B4CE42 #6ECE42

triadic

#B4CE42 #42B4CE #CE42B4

tetradic

#B4CE42 #42CEA2 #5C42CE #CE426E

square

#B4CE42 #42CEA2 #5C42CE #CE426E

split-complementary

#B4CE42 #426ECE #A242CE

monochromatic

#66771F #90A72B #B4CE42 #C7DB73 #DBE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B4CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#B4CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CE42

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CE42	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.164 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedd7e',
    500: '#b4ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ce42;
$custom-light: #cedd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80618,
    "c": 0.16405,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CE42

secondary

#43357F

accent

#46E263

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CE42

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

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