#B4BE55#B4BE55

#B4BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.130 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE55
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -18.11, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 54.06, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0528 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.13 114)
XYZ	xyz(38.8763, 47.1867, 15.6526)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE55 #5F55BE

analogous

#BE9455 #B4BE55 #80BE55

triadic

#B4BE55 #55B4BE #BE55B4

tetradic

#B4BE55 #55BE94 #5F55BE #BE5580

square

#B4BE55 #55BE94 #5F55BE #BE5580

split-complementary

#B4BE55 #5580BE #9455BE

monochromatic

#686E2A #929B3B #B4BE55 #C8CF81 #DBE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#B4BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE55

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE55	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.130 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd188',
    500: '#b4be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be55;
$custom-light: #cdd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77225,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.47186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE55

secondary

#A5A1CE

accent

#53D460

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE55

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

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