#B4BA40#B4BA40

#B4BA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.143 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BA40
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -17.61, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 61.23, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0536 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.143 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3078, 45.1921, 11.6072)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BA40 #4640BA

analogous

#BA8340 #B4BA40 #77BA40

triadic

#B4BA40 #40B4BA #BA40B4

tetradic

#B4BA40 #40BA83 #4640BA #BA4077

square

#B4BA40 #40BA83 #4640BA #BA4077

split-complementary

#B4BA40 #4077BA #8340BA

monochromatic

#5C5F21 #888C30 #B4BA40 #C7CC6B #D8DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B4BA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B4BA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BA40

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BA40	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.143 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce7b',
    500: '#b4ba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ba40;
$custom-light: #cdce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76134,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BA40

secondary

#918EC8

accent

#4FD856

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BA40

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

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