#B4BD36#B4BD36

#B4BD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.153 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD36
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -19.66, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 66.21, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0603 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.153 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6870, 46.3656, 10.4535)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD36 #3F36BD

analogous

#BD8236 #B4BD36 #70BD36

triadic

#B4BD36 #36B4BD #BD36B4

tetradic

#B4BD36 #36BD82 #3F36BD #BD3670

square

#B4BD36 #36BD82 #3F36BD #BD3670

split-complementary

#B4BD36 #3670BD #8236BD

monochromatic

#595E1B #878D28 #B4BD36 #CAD15F #DADF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B4BD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD36

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD36	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.153 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced076',
    500: '#b4bd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd36;
$custom-light: #ced076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76723,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD36

secondary

#8A85C9

accent

#49DF53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD36

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

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