#B4BD3E#B4BD3E

#B4BD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.147 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD3E
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -19.23, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 63.27, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0583 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.147 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8905, 46.4471, 11.5257)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD3E #473EBD

analogous

#BD873E #B4BD3E #75BD3E

triadic

#B4BD3E #3EB4BD #BD3EB4

tetradic

#B4BD3E #3EBD87 #473EBD #BD3E75

square

#B4BD3E #3EBD87 #473EBD #BD3E75

split-complementary

#B4BD3E #3E75BD #873EBD

monochromatic

#5C6120 #888F2F #B4BD3E #C7CE6A #D8DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B4BD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD3E

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD3E	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.147 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced07a',
    500: '#b4bd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd3e;
$custom-light: #ced07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.252,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76782,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD3E

secondary

#928EC9

accent

#4EDA58

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD3E

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

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