#B4BE59#B4BE59

#B4BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.126 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE59
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -17.77, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 52.24, 109.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0514 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.126 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0397, 47.2521, 16.5132)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE59 #6359BE

analogous

#BE9659 #B4BE59 #81BE59

triadic

#B4BE59 #59B4BE #BE59B4

tetradic

#B4BE59 #59BE96 #6359BE #BE5981

square

#B4BE59 #59BE96 #6359BE #BE5981

split-complementary

#B4BE59 #5981BE #9659BE

monochromatic

#6A712C #939D3D #B4BE59 #C8CF85 #DCE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B4BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE59

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE59	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.126 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd18b',
    500: '#b4be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be59;
$custom-light: #ccd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.941,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77272,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE59

secondary

#A8A4CF

accent

#54D361

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE59

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

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