#B4BD47#B4BD47

#B4BD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.141 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD47
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -18.66, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 59.68, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0558 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.141 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1583, 46.5542, 12.9357)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD47 #5047BD

analogous

#BD8B47 #B4BD47 #79BD47

triadic

#B4BD47 #47B4BD #BD47B4

tetradic

#B4BD47 #47BD8B #5047BD #BD4779

square

#B4BD47 #47BD8B #5047BD #BD4779

split-complementary

#B4BD47 #4779BD #8B47BD

monochromatic

#606524 #8B9234 #B4BD47 #C6CD74 #D9DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B4BD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD47

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD47	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)

#CAB438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.141 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd080',
    500: '#b4bd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd47;
$custom-light: #cdd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.576,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7686,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD47

secondary

#9A96CA

accent

#51D75B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD47

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

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