#B4BC48#B4BC48

#B4BC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.139 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BC48
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -18.09, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 58.83, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0541 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.139 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9763, 46.1384, 13.0347)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BC48 #5048BC

analogous

#BC8A48 #B4BC48 #7ABC48

triadic

#B4BC48 #48B4BC #BC48B4

tetradic

#B4BC48 #48BC8A #5048BC #BC487A

square

#B4BC48 #48BC8A #5048BC #BC487A

split-complementary

#B4BC48 #487ABC #8A48BC

monochromatic

#606525 #8B9235 #B4BC48 #C6CC75 #D9DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B4BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#B4BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BC48

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BC48	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.139 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd080',
    500: '#b4bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bc48;
$custom-light: #cdd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76648,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BC48

secondary

#9A96CA

accent

#52D65B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BC48

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

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