#B4BD40#B4BD40

#B4BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD40
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -19.11, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 62.50, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0578 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.146 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9464, 46.4694, 11.8200)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD40 #4940BD

analogous

#BD8840 #B4BD40 #76BD40

triadic

#B4BD40 #40B4BD #BD40B4

tetradic

#B4BD40 #40BD88 #4940BD #BD4076

square

#B4BD40 #40BD88 #4940BD #BD4076

split-complementary

#B4BD40 #4076BD #8840BD

monochromatic

#5D6221 #888F31 #B4BD40 #C7CD6D #D8DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B4BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD40

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD40	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)

#CBB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07c',
    500: '#b4bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd40;
$custom-light: #cdd07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76798,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD40

secondary

#9490C9

accent

#4FD959

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD40

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

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