HEX atlas value

#B4C424

#B4C424 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Peridot. RGB 180, 196, 36, HSL 66° 69% 45%, luminance 0.4931; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm balanced

#B4C424 Sample readable text

HEX #B4C424

RGB rgb(180, 196, 36)

HSL hsl(66 69% 45%)

CMYK cmyk(8, 0, 82, 23)

Luminance 0.4931

Contrast Black 10.86:1White 1.93:1

CSS

--color-b4c424: #B4C424;
.background-b4c424 { background-color: #B4C424; }
.text-b4c424 { color: #B4C424; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B4C424

#B4C424 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #B4C424 is visually closest to Peridot, a named yellow color with HEX #B4C424.

The RGB channels are 180, 196, and 36, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 66deg with 69% saturation and 45% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.4931, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.86:1AA Pass

White text1.93:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B4C424 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.86:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.93:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D5E260#D5E260 · #000000 text · best 14.88:1 #C6DB0A#C6DB0A · #000000 text · best 13.54:1 Yellow Green#9ACD32 · #000000 text · best 11.15:1 Old Gold#CFB53B · #000000 text · best 10.33:1 Acid Green#B0BF1A · #000000 text · best 10.31:1

Generated Palette

Peridot#B4C424

#3324C2#3324C2

#C28324#C28324

#63C224#63C224

#D5E260#D5E260

#6B7415#6B7415

Color Harmonies

#3324C2#3324C2

#C28324#C28324

#63C224#63C224

#24B2C2#24B2C2

#C224B2#C224B2

Variants

#D5E260#D5E260

#6B7415#6B7415

#C6DB0A#C6DB0A

#9EA93D#9EA93D

#D4DC89#D4DC89

#E7FF0F#E7FF0F

Nearest Named Colors

Peridot#B4C424

Acid Green#B0BF1A

Yellow Green#9ACD32

Old Gold#CFB53B

Brass#B5A642

Luminance0.4931

Black text10.86:1AA Pass

White text1.93:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B4C424","rgb":[180,196,36],"hsl":[66,69,45],"cmyk":[8,0,82,23],"luminance":0.4931,"contrast":{"black":10.86,"white":1.93}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.86,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.93,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D5E260","hex":"#D5E260","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.88,"contrastWhite":1.41,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C6DB0A","hex":"#C6DB0A","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.54,"contrastWhite":1.55,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Yellow Green","hex":"#9ACD32","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.15,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Old Gold","hex":"#CFB53B","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.33,"contrastWhite":2.03,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Acid Green","hex":"#B0BF1A","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.31,"contrastWhite":2.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Peridot adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b4c424.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peridot.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/acid-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/yellow-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#3324C2","analogous":["#C28324","#63C224"],"triadic":["#24B2C2","#C224B2"],"tetradic":["#24C283","#3324C2","#C22463"],"splitComplementary":["#2463C2","#8324C2"],"monochromatic":["#D5E260","#B4C424","#6B7415"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D5E260","dark":"#6B7415","saturated":"#C6DB0A","desaturated":"#9EA93D","pastel":"#D4DC89","neon":"#E7FF0F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"peridot","name":"Peridot","hex":"#B4C424","distance":0},{"slug":"acid-green","name":"Acid Green","hex":"#B0BF1A","distance":11.874342087037917},{"slug":"yellow-green","name":"Yellow Green","hex":"#9ACD32","distance":30.870698080866262},{"slug":"old-gold","name":"Old Gold","hex":"#CFB53B","distance":38.50973902793941},{"slug":"brass","name":"Brass","hex":"#B5A642","distance":42.43819034784589}]

#B4C424

CSS

About #B4C424

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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