#B4BC49#B4BC49

#B4BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.138 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BC49
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -18.02, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 58.40, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0538 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.138 113)
XYZ	xyz(38.0092, 46.1515, 13.2079)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BC49 #5149BC

analogous

#BC8A49 #B4BC49 #7ABC49

triadic

#B4BC49 #49B4BC #BC49B4

tetradic

#B4BC49 #49BC8A #5149BC #BC497A

square

#B4BC49 #49BC8A #5149BC #BC497A

split-complementary

#B4BC49 #497ABC #8A49BC

monochromatic

#616525 #8C9236 #B4BC49 #C6CC76 #D9DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B4BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#B4BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BC49

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BC49	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)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.138 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd081',
    500: '#b4bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bc49;
$custom-light: #cdd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.174,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76657,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.46151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BC49

secondary

#9B97CA

accent

#52D65B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BC49

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

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