#B4BD48#B4BD48

#B4BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.140 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD48
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -18.59, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 59.26, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0555 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.14 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1906, 46.5671, 13.1062)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD48 #5148BD

analogous

#BD8B48 #B4BD48 #79BD48

triadic

#B4BD48 #48B4BD #BD48B4

tetradic

#B4BD48 #48BD8B #5148BD #BD4879

square

#B4BD48 #48BD8B #5148BD #BD4879

split-complementary

#B4BD48 #4879BD #8B48BD

monochromatic

#616625 #8C9335 #B4BD48 #C6CD75 #D9DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B4BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD48

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD48	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)

#CAB43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.140 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd080',
    500: '#b4bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd48;
$custom-light: #cdd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76869,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD48

secondary

#9B97CA

accent

#51D75B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD48

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

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