#B4BE46#B4BE46

#B4BE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.143 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE46
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -19.23, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 60.53, 108.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0575 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.143 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3423, 46.9731, 12.8401)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE46 #5046BE

analogous

#BE8C46 #B4BE46 #78BE46

triadic

#B4BE46 #46B4BE #BE46B4

tetradic

#B4BE46 #46BE8C #5046BE #BE4678

square

#B4BE46 #46BE8C #5046BE #BE4678

split-complementary

#B4BE46 #4678BE #8C46BE

monochromatic

#606624 #8B9334 #B4BE46 #C6CE73 #D9DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B4BE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#B4BE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE46

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE46	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.143 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd17f',
    500: '#b4be46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be46;
$custom-light: #cdd17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77072,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE46

secondary

#9A95CA

accent

#50D85B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE46

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

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