#B4BE40#B4BE40

#B4BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.147 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE40
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -19.61, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 62.92, 108.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0592 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.147 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1623, 46.9011, 11.8920)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE40 #4A40BE

analogous

#BE8940 #B4BE40 #75BE40

triadic

#B4BE40 #40B4BE #BE40B4

tetradic

#B4BE40 #40BE89 #4A40BE #BE4075

square

#B4BE40 #40BE89 #4A40BE #BE4075

split-complementary

#B4BE40 #4075BE #8940BE

monochromatic

#5D6221 #899031 #B4BE40 #C6CE6D #D8DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B4BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B4BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE40

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE40	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.147 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd17c',
    500: '#b4be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be40;
$custom-light: #cdd17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77021,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE40

secondary

#9590C9

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE40

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

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