#B4BD2B#B4BD2B

#B4BD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.159 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD2B
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 43)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -20.16, 66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 69.77, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0626 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.159 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4572, 46.2737, 9.2436)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD2B #342BBD

analogous

#BD7D2B #B4BD2B #6BBD2B

triadic

#B4BD2B #2BB4BD #BD2BB4

tetradic

#B4BD2B #2BBD7D #342BBD #BD2B6B

square

#B4BD2B #2BBD7D #342BBD #BD2B6B

split-complementary

#B4BD2B #2B6BBD #7D2BBD

monochromatic

#555914 #858B20 #B4BD2B #CED74E #DCE280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B4BD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B4BD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD2B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD2B	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.159 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced071',
    500: '#b4bd2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd2b;
$custom-light: #ced071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.699,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76657,
    "c": 0.1588,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD2B

secondary

#7E79CB

accent

#42E64C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD2B

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

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