#B4BE53#B4BE53

#B4BE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.132 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE53
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -18.27, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 54.96, 109.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0535 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.132 114)
XYZ	xyz(38.7980, 47.1554, 15.2400)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE53 #5D53BE

analogous

#BE9253 #B4BE53 #7EBE53

triadic

#B4BE53 #53B4BE #BE53B4

tetradic

#B4BE53 #53BE92 #5D53BE #BE537E

square

#B4BE53 #53BE92 #5D53BE #BE537E

split-complementary

#B4BE53 #537EBE #9253BE

monochromatic

#676D29 #919A3A #B4BE53 #C7CF7F #DBE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4BE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B4BE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE53

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE53	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)

#CAB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.132 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd187',
    500: '#b4be53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be53;
$custom-light: #cdd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.607,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77203,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.47155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE53

secondary

#A49FCD

accent

#53D55F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE53

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

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