#B4BD45#B4BD45

#B4BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.142 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD45
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -18.80, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 60.50, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0564 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.142 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0952, 46.5289, 12.6033)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD45 #4E45BD

analogous

#BD8A45 #B4BD45 #78BD45

triadic

#B4BD45 #45B4BD #BD45B4

tetradic

#B4BD45 #45BD8A #4E45BD #BD4578

square

#B4BD45 #45BD8A #4E45BD #BD4578

split-complementary

#B4BD45 #4578BD #8A45BD

monochromatic

#5F6424 #8A9134 #B4BD45 #C6CD72 #D8DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B4BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD45

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD45	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.142 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07e',
    500: '#b4bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd45;
$custom-light: #cdd07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76841,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD45

secondary

#9894CA

accent

#51D75B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD45

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

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