#B4BE2C#B4BE2C

#B4BE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.159 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE2C
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 76.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -20.61, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 69.86, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0638 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.159 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6917, 46.7129, 9.4133)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE2C #362CBE

analogous

#BE7F2C #B4BE2C #6BBE2C

triadic

#B4BE2C #2CB4BE #BE2CB4

tetradic

#B4BE2C #2CBE7F #362CBE #BE2C6B

square

#B4BE2C #2CBE7F #362CBE #BE2C6B

split-complementary

#B4BE2C #2C6BBE #7F2CBE

monochromatic

#565B15 #858C20 #B4BE2C #CDD751 #DCE282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B4BE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B4BE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE2C

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE2C	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)

#CCB739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.159 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced172',
    500: '#b4be2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be2c;
$custom-light: #ced172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.11,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76885,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE2C

secondary

#807BCB

accent

#42E54E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE2C

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

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