#B4BE38#B4BE38

#B4BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.153 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE38
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -20.06, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 65.91, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0612 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.153 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9508, 46.8165, 10.7779)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE38 #4238BE

analogous

#BE8538 #B4BE38 #71BE38

triadic

#B4BE38 #38B4BE #BE38B4

tetradic

#B4BE38 #38BE85 #4238BE #BE3871

square

#B4BE38 #38BE85 #4238BE #BE3871

split-complementary

#B4BE38 #3871BE #8538BE

monochromatic

#5A5F1C #878F2A #B4BE38 #C9D162 #D9DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B4BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B4BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE38

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE38	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.153 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced177',
    500: '#b4be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be38;
$custom-light: #ced177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.478,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7696,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE38

secondary

#8D88CA

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE38

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

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