#B4BD21#B4BD21

#B4BD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.163 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD21
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -20.50, 69.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 72.47, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0643 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.163 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2958, 46.2092, 8.3932)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD21 #2A21BD

analogous

#BD7821 #B4BD21 #66BD21

triadic

#B4BD21 #21B4BD #BD21B4

tetradic

#B4BD21 #21BD78 #2A21BD #BD2166

square

#B4BD21 #21BD78 #2A21BD #BD2166

split-complementary

#B4BD21 #2166BD #7821BD

monochromatic

#51550F #828918 #B4BD21 #D4DD3E #E0E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B4BD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B4BD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD21

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD21	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.163 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd06d',
    500: '#b4bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd21;
$custom-light: #cfd06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7661,
    "c": 0.1632,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD21

secondary

#726DCD

accent

#3BED45

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD21

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

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