#B4BD23#B4BD23

#B4BD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.162 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD23
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 35)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -20.44, 69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 71.97, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.064 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.162 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3246, 46.2207, 8.5451)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD23 #2C23BD

analogous

#BD7923 #B4BD23 #67BD23

triadic

#B4BD23 #23B4BD #BD23B4

tetradic

#B4BD23 #23BD79 #2C23BD #BD2367

square

#B4BD23 #23BD79 #2C23BD #BD2367

split-complementary

#B4BD23 #2367BD #7923BD

monochromatic

#525610 #838919 #B4BD23 #D3DC41 #DFE575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B4BD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B4BD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD23

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD23	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)

#CCB733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.162 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced06e',
    500: '#b4bd23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd23;
$custom-light: #ced06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.506,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76619,
    "c": 0.16241,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD23

secondary

#756FCD

accent

#3CEC46

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD23

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

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