#B4BD2E#B4BD2E

#B4BD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.157 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD2E
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -20.03, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 68.86, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.062 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.157 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5143, 46.2966, 9.5442)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD2E #372EBD

analogous

#BD7E2E #B4BD2E #6CBD2E

triadic

#B4BD2E #2EB4BD #BD2EB4

tetradic

#B4BD2E #2EBD7E #372EBD #BD2E6C

square

#B4BD2E #2EBD7E #372EBD #BD2E6C

split-complementary

#B4BD2E #2E6CBD #7E2EBD

monochromatic

#565B16 #858C22 #B4BD2E #CDD553 #DBE184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B4BD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B4BD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD2E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD2E	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB408

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.157 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced072',
    500: '#b4bd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd2e;
$custom-light: #ced072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.776,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76673,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD2E

secondary

#817CCA

accent

#44E44E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD2E

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

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