#B4BA49#B4BA49

#B4BA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BA49
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -17.02, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 57.53, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.051 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.136 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5849, 45.3030, 13.0665)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BA49 #4F49BA

analogous

#BA8749 #B4BA49 #7BBA49

triadic

#B4BA49 #49B4BA #BA49B4

tetradic

#B4BA49 #49BA87 #4F49BA #BA497B

square

#B4BA49 #49BA87 #4F49BA #BA497B

split-complementary

#B4BA49 #497BBA #8749BA

monochromatic

#606326 #8B8F36 #B4BA49 #C6CB75 #D9DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B4BA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#B4BA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BA49

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BA49	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce81',
    500: '#b4ba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ba49;
$custom-light: #cdce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.186,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76215,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BA49

secondary

#9996C8

accent

#53D55A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BA49

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

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