#B4BD37#B4BD37

#B4BD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.152 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD37
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -19.61, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 65.85, 107.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0601 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.152 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7107, 46.3751, 10.5785)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD37 #4037BD

analogous

#BD8337 #B4BD37 #71BD37

triadic

#B4BD37 #37B4BD #BD37B4

tetradic

#B4BD37 #37BD83 #4037BD #BD3771

square

#B4BD37 #37BD83 #4037BD #BD3771

split-complementary

#B4BD37 #3771BD #8337BD

monochromatic

#5A5E1B #878E29 #B4BD37 #C9D160 #D9DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B4BD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD37

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD37	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)

#CBB41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.152 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced077',
    500: '#b4bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd37;
$custom-light: #ced077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.03,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7673,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD37

secondary

#8B86C9

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD37

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

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