#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
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(65, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -18.01, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 55.83, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.053 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.133 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4688, 46.6784, 14.5712)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##B4BD50	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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