#B4BE49#B4BE49

#B4BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.140 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE49
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -19.03, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 59.29, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0566 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.14 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4394, 47.0119, 13.3513)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE49 #5349BE

analogous

#BE8E49 #B4BE49 #7ABE49

triadic

#B4BE49 #49B4BE #BE49B4

tetradic

#B4BE49 #49BE8E #5349BE #BE497A

square

#B4BE49 #49BE8E #5349BE #BE497A

split-complementary

#B4BE49 #497ABE #8E49BE

monochromatic

#626825 #8D9535 #B4BE49 #C7CE76 #D9DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B4BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#B4BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE49

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE49	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.140 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd181',
    500: '#b4be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be49;
$custom-light: #cdd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.128,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.771,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE49

secondary

#9C98CB

accent

#51D75C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE49

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

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