#B4BC59#B4BC59

#B4BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BC59
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -16.76, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 51.30, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0486 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.124 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6095, 46.3917, 16.3698)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BC59 #6159BC

analogous

#BC9259 #B4BC59 #83BC59

triadic

#B4BC59 #59B4BC #BC59B4

tetradic

#B4BC59 #59BC92 #6159BC #BC5983

square

#B4BC59 #59BC92 #6159BC #BC5983

split-complementary

#B4BC59 #5983BC #9259BC

monochromatic

#696E2C #929A3E #B4BC59 #C8CE85 #DBDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B4BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BC59

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BC59	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd08b',
    500: '#b4bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bc59;
$custom-light: #ccd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.848,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76831,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BC59

secondary

#A7A3CD

accent

#56D260

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BC59

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

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