#B4BD31#B4BD31

#B4BD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.156 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD31
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -19.90, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 67.90, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0614 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.156 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5755, 46.3211, 9.8666)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD31 #3A31BD

analogous

#BD8031 #B4BD31 #6EBD31

triadic

#B4BD31 #31B4BD #BD31B4

tetradic

#B4BD31 #31BD80 #3A31BD #BD316E

square

#B4BD31 #31BD80 #3A31BD #BD316E

split-complementary

#B4BD31 #316EBD #8031BD

monochromatic

#575C18 #868C24 #B4BD31 #CCD458 #DBE088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B4BD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B4BD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD31

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD31	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)

#CBB412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.156 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced074',
    500: '#b4bd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd31;
$custom-light: #ced074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76691,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD31

secondary

#8580CA

accent

#46E250

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD31

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

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