#B4BD49#B4BD49

#B4BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.139 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD49
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -18.53, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 58.84, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0552 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.139 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2235, 46.5803, 13.2794)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD49 #5249BD

analogous

#BD8C49 #B4BD49 #7ABD49

triadic

#B4BD49 #49B4BD #BD49B4

tetradic

#B4BD49 #49BD8C #5249BD #BD497A

square

#B4BD49 #49BD8C #5249BD #BD497A

split-complementary

#B4BD49 #497ABD #8C49BD

monochromatic

#616625 #8C9335 #B4BD49 #C7CD76 #D9DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B4BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD49

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD49	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.139 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd081',
    500: '#b4bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd49;
$custom-light: #cdd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.655,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76878,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD49

secondary

#9B97CA

accent

#51D65C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD49

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

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