#B4BE42#B4BE42

#B4BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.146 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE42
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -19.49, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 62.14, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0587 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.146 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2202, 46.9243, 12.1971)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE42 #4C42BE

analogous

#BE8A42 #B4BE42 #76BE42

triadic

#B4BE42 #42B4BE #BE42B4

tetradic

#B4BE42 #42BE8A #4C42BE #BE4276

square

#B4BE42 #42BE8A #4C42BE #BE4276

split-complementary

#B4BE42 #4276BE #8A42BE

monochromatic

#5E6322 #899132 #B4BE42 #C6CE70 #D8DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B4BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B4BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE42

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE42	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)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.146 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd17d',
    500: '#b4be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be42;
$custom-light: #cdd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77037,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE42

secondary

#9792CA

accent

#4FD85A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE42

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

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