#B4BD44#B4BD44

#B4BD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.143 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD44
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -18.86, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 60.91, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0567 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.143 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0644, 46.5166, 12.4412)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD44 #4D44BD

analogous

#BD8944 #B4BD44 #77BD44

triadic

#B4BD44 #44B4BD #BD44B4

tetradic

#B4BD44 #44BD89 #4D44BD #BD4477

square

#B4BD44 #44BD89 #4D44BD #BD4477

split-complementary

#B4BD44 #4477BD #8944BD

monochromatic

#5F6323 #8A9133 #B4BD44 #C6CD71 #D8DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B4BD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD44

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD44	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)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.143 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07e',
    500: '#b4bd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd44;
$custom-light: #cdd07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.463,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76832,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD44

secondary

#9793C9

accent

#50D75A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD44

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

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