#B4BA46#B4BA46

#B4BA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BA46
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 70)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -17.22, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 58.79, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0519 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.138 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4878, 45.2641, 12.5552)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BA46 #4C46BA

analogous

#BA8646 #B4BA46 #7ABA46

triadic

#B4BA46 #46B4BA #BA46B4

tetradic

#B4BA46 #46BA86 #4C46BA #BA467A

square

#B4BA46 #46BA86 #4C46BA #BA467A

split-complementary

#B4BA46 #467ABA #8646BA

monochromatic

#5E6124 #898E35 #B4BA46 #C6CB73 #D8DB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B4BA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#B4BA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BA46

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BA46	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ba46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce7f',
    500: '#b4ba46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ba46;
$custom-light: #cdce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ba46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76186,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BA46

secondary

#9794C8

accent

#52D559

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BA46

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

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