#B4BC38#B4BC38

#B4BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.150 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BC38
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -19.06, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 65.09, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0584 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.15 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5205, 45.9561, 10.6345)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BC38 #4038BC

analogous

#BC8238 #B4BC38 #72BC38

triadic

#B4BC38 #38B4BC #BC38B4

tetradic

#B4BC38 #38BC82 #4038BC #BC3872

square

#B4BC38 #38BC82 #4038BC #BC3872

split-complementary

#B4BC38 #3872BC #8238BC

monochromatic

#5A5E1C #878D2A #B4BC38 #C9D061 #D9DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B4BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#B4BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BC38

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BC38	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.150 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced077',
    500: '#b4bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bc38;
$custom-light: #ced077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76515,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BC38

secondary

#8B87C9

accent

#4ADD53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BC38

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

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