#B4BE56#B4BE56

#B4BE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.129 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE56
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -18.03, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 53.61, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0525 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.129 114)
XYZ	xyz(38.9163, 47.2027, 15.8633)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE56 #6056BE

analogous

#BE9456 #B4BE56 #80BE56

triadic

#B4BE56 #56B4BE #BE56B4

tetradic

#B4BE56 #56BE94 #6056BE #BE5680

square

#B4BE56 #56BE94 #6056BE #BE5680

split-complementary

#B4BE56 #5680BE #9456BE

monochromatic

#686F2B #929B3C #B4BE56 #C8CF82 #DBE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4BE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#B4BE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE56

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE56	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)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.129 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd189',
    500: '#b4be56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be56;
$custom-light: #cdd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77237,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.47202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE56

secondary

#A6A2CE

accent

#54D460

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE56

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

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