#B4BE2A#B4BE2A

#B4BE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.160 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE2A
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 77.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -20.69, 67.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 70.45, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0642 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.16 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6550, 46.6982, 9.2201)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE2A #342ABE

analogous

#BE7E2A #B4BE2A #6ABE2A

triadic

#B4BE2A #2AB4BE #BE2AB4

tetradic

#B4BE2A #2ABE7E #342ABE #BE2A6A

square

#B4BE2A #2ABE7E #342ABE #BE2A6A

split-complementary

#B4BE2A #2A6ABE #7E2ABE

monochromatic

#555A14 #858C1F #B4BE2A #CED84D #DCE380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B4BE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B4BE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE2A

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE2A	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)

#CCB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.160 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced171',
    500: '#b4be2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be2a;
$custom-light: #ced171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76875,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE2A

secondary

#7E78CB

accent

#41E74C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE2A

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

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