#B4BD55#B4BD55

#B4BD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.129 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BD55
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -17.61, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 53.59, 109.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0514 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.129 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6605, 46.7550, 15.5806)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BD55 #5E55BD

analogous

#BD9255 #B4BD55 #80BD55

triadic

#B4BD55 #55B4BD #BD55B4

tetradic

#B4BD55 #55BD92 #5E55BD #BD5580

square

#B4BD55 #55BD92 #5E55BD #BD5580

split-complementary

#B4BD55 #5580BD #9255BD

monochromatic

#676D2A #91993C #B4BD55 #C7CE81 #DBDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B4BD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#B4BD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BD55

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BD55	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.129 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd088',
    500: '#b4bd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bd55;
$custom-light: #cdd088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.192,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77004,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BD55

secondary

#A5A1CD

accent

#54D45F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BD55

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

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