#B4BD42#B4BD42

#B4BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.145 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD42
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -18.99, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 61.71, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0573 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.145 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0044, 46.4926, 12.1252)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD42 #4B42BD

analogous

#BD8842 #B4BD42 #77BD42

triadic

#B4BD42 #42B4BD #BD42B4

tetradic

#B4BD42 #42BD88 #4B42BD #BD4277

square

#B4BD42 #42BD88 #4B42BD #BD4277

split-complementary

#B4BD42 #4277BD #8842BD

monochromatic

#5E6222 #899032 #B4BD42 #C6CD6F #D8DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B4BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD42

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD42	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.145 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07d',
    500: '#b4bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd42;
$custom-light: #cdd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.39,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76815,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD42

secondary

#9692C9

accent

#50D85A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD42

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

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