#B4BD52#B4BD52

#B4BD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.131 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD52
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(65, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -17.85, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 54.94, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0524 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.131 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5438, 46.7084, 14.9662)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD52 #5B52BD

analogous

#BD9052 #B4BD52 #7EBD52

triadic

#B4BD52 #52B4BD #BD52B4

tetradic

#B4BD52 #52BD90 #5B52BD #BD527E

square

#B4BD52 #52BD90 #5B52BD #BD527E

split-complementary

#B4BD52 #527EBD #9052BD

monochromatic

#666C29 #90983A #B4BD52 #C7CE7E #DADFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B4BD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B4BD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD52

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD52	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)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.131 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd086',
    500: '#b4bd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd52;
$custom-light: #cdd086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.047,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76971,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD52

secondary

#A29ECC

accent

#53D45E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD52

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

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