#B4BE52#B4BE52

#B4BE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.133 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE52
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -18.35, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 55.40, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0538 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.133 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7597, 47.1401, 15.0381)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE52 #5C52BE

analogous

#BE9252 #B4BE52 #7EBE52

triadic

#B4BE52 #52B4BE #BE52B4

tetradic

#B4BE52 #52BE92 #5C52BE #BE527E

square

#B4BE52 #52BE92 #5C52BE #BE527E

split-complementary

#B4BE52 #527EBE #9252BE

monochromatic

#666D29 #90993A #B4BE52 #C7CF7E #DBDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4BE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B4BE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE52

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE52	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.133 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd186',
    500: '#b4be52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be52;
$custom-light: #cdd186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.556,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77192,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE52

secondary

#A39FCD

accent

#53D55F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE52

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

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