#B4BD4A#B4BD4A

#B4BD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.138 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD4A
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -18.45, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 58.42, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0549 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.138 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2569, 46.5936, 13.4554)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD4A #534ABD

analogous

#BD8D4A #B4BD4A #7BBD4A

triadic

#B4BD4A #4AB4BD #BD4AB4

tetradic

#B4BD4A #4ABD8D #534ABD #BD4A7B

square

#B4BD4A #4ABD8D #534ABD #BD4A7B

split-complementary

#B4BD4A #4A7BBD #8D4ABD

monochromatic

#626726 #8D9436 #B4BD4A #C7CD77 #D9DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B4BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD4A

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD4A	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)

#CAB43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.138 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd081',
    500: '#b4bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd4a;
$custom-light: #cdd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.696,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76888,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD4A

secondary

#9C98CB

accent

#52D65C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD4A

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

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