#B4BD38#B4BD38

#B4BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.151 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD38
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -19.56, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 65.50, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0598 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.151 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7349, 46.3848, 10.7060)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD38 #4138BD

analogous

#BD8338 #B4BD38 #71BD38

triadic

#B4BD38 #38B4BD #BD38B4

tetradic

#B4BD38 #38BD83 #4138BD #BD3871

square

#B4BD38 #38BD83 #4138BD #BD3871

split-complementary

#B4BD38 #3871BD #8338BD

monochromatic

#5A5F1C #878E2A #B4BD38 #C9D062 #D9DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B4BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD38

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD38	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.151 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced077',
    500: '#b4bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd38;
$custom-light: #ced077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.06,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76737,
    "c": 0.15146,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD38

secondary

#8C87C9

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD38

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

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