#B4BD4E#B4BD4E

#B4BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD4E
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -18.16, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 56.70, 108.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0537 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.135 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3960, 46.6493, 14.1878)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD4E #574EBD

analogous

#BD8F4E #B4BD4E #7CBD4E

triadic

#B4BD4E #4EB4BD #BD4EB4

tetradic

#B4BD4E #4EBD8F #574EBD #BD4E7C

square

#B4BD4E #4EBD8F #574EBD #BD4E7C

split-complementary

#B4BD4E #4E7CBD #8F4EBD

monochromatic

#646927 #8E9638 #B4BD4E #C7CE7B #DADEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B4BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B4BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD4E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD4E	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd084',
    500: '#b4bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd4e;
$custom-light: #cdd084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76928,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD4E

secondary

#9F9BCC

accent

#52D55D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD4E

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

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