#B4BD50#B4BD50

#B4BD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.133 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B4BD50
RGBrgb(180, 189, 80)
HSLhsl(65, 45%, 53%)
HSVhsv(65, 58%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(4.8%, 0%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(73.98, -18.01, 52.84)
CIE-LCHlch(73.98, 55.83, 108.82°)
OKLaboklab(76.95% -0.053 0.1222)
OKLCHoklch(76.95% 0.133 113.5)
XYZxyz(38.4688, 46.6784, 14.5712)
Luminance0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B4BD50 #5950BD
analogous
#BD8F50 #B4BD50 #7EBD50
triadic
#B4BD50 #50B4BD #BD50B4
tetradic
#B4BD50 #50BD8F #5950BD #BD507E
square
#B4BD50 #50BD8F #5950BD #BD507E
split-complementary
#B4BD50 #507EBD #8F50BD
monochromatic
#656A28 #8F9739 #B4BD50 #C7CE7C #DADFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#B4BD50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34
#B4BD50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD50
10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B4BD50#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B4BD501.002.0310.3410.34
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3421.001.001.00
##00000010.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB544
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B757
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFB3A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b4bd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.133 113.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd085',
    500: '#b4bd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b4bd50;
$custom-light: #cdd085;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b4bd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.954,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76949,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B4BD50
secondary
#A19DCC
accent
#53D55E
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F9F9EF
border
#D2D2CA
text
#14140B
muted
#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD50

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#B4BD50 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva