Information about #B4C427 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #B4C427 reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Rio Grande (#B7C61A). Slightly further away sit Key Lime Pie (#BFC921) and Acid Green (#B0BF1A).
The recipe behind #B4C427 is rgb(180, 196, 39), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B4C427: 10.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#B4C427 color variations
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#B4C427 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#B4C427 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#B4C427 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#B4C427 color hues
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#B4C427 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #B4C427 color
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Nearest named colors to #B4C427
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#B7C61A
#BFC921
#B0BF1A
#A9C01C
#A4BF20
#A5CF35
#C2D62E
#A1C935
#A4C639
#9DB92C
#BAC00E
#A0BF16
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#B4C427
- RGB180, 196, 39
- CMYK6, 0, 62, 23
- CSSrgb(180, 196, 39)
- HSL66°, 67%, 46%
- HSL Precise66.115°, 66.809%, 46.078%
- HSV66°, 80%, 77%
- HSB66°, 80%, 77%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.706
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.769
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.153
- GLSLvec3(0.706, 0.769, 0.153)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.706, 0.769, 0.153, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.706, 0.769, 0.153)
- Percentage of Red in RGB70.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB76.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB15.3%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDB4C427
- DECIMAL ID11846695
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
