#B4BC42#B4BC42

#B4BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.143 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BC42
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -18.49, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 61.28, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0559 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.143 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7900, 46.0639, 12.0537)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BC42 #4A42BC

analogous

#BC8742 #B4BC42 #77BC42

triadic

#B4BC42 #42B4BC #BC42B4

tetradic

#B4BC42 #42BC87 #4A42BC #BC4277

square

#B4BC42 #42BC87 #4A42BC #BC4277

split-complementary

#B4BC42 #4277BC #8742BC

monochromatic

#5D6122 #898F32 #B4BC42 #C6CC6F #D8DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B4BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#B4BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BC42

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BC42	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.143 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07d',
    500: '#b4bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bc42;
$custom-light: #cdd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.934,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76593,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BC42

secondary

#9591C9

accent

#50D859

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BC42

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

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