What color is #B4C04C?

#B4C04C is a desaturated yellow known as Celery. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Celery?

The RGB value is 180, 192, 76: 180 red, 192 green and 76 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Celery?

The complementary color is #584CC0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #B4C04C?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.58:1 and white text 1.98:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Celery color: hex code #B4C04C

#B4C04C rgb(180, 192, 76)

Shades of yellow

Celery has the hex code #B4C04C. It is a desaturated yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 70.6% red, 75.3% green and 29.8% blue (180, 192, 76).

Its hue angle is 66°, with 48% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 60% yellow and 25% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.58:1).

Celery (#B4C04C) color codes

HEX	`#B4C04C`
RGB	`rgb(180, 192, 76)`
RGB percent	`rgb(70.6%, 75.3%, 29.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(66, 48%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(66, 60%, 75%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(6%, 0%, 60%, 25%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(74.78, -19.81, 55.49)`
CIE LCH	`lch(74.78, 58.92, 109.65)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(38.977, 47.925, 14.033)`
Decimal	`11845708`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Celery, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #B4C04C	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.58:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.98:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#B4C04C as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.98:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.58:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #B4C04C looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #b4c04c; }
.text { color: #b4c04c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4c04c; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(180 192 76 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #b4c04c, #7ac04c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Khaki.

See #B4C04C on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #B4C04C?: #B4C04C is a desaturated yellow known as Celery. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Celery?: The RGB value is 180, 192, 76: 180 red, 192 green and 76 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Celery?: The complementary color is #584CC0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #B4C04C?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.58:1 and white text 1.98:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.