#B4BE72#B4BE72

#B4BE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.100 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE72
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 114)
HSL	hsl(68, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -15.25, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 40.19, 112.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0421 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.1 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2734, 47.7456, 23.0105)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE72 #7C72BE

analogous

#BEA272 #B4BE72 #8EBE72

triadic

#B4BE72 #72B4BE #BE72B4

tetradic

#B4BE72 #72BEA2 #7C72BE #BE728E

square

#B4BE72 #72BEA2 #7C72BE #BE728E

split-complementary

#B4BE72 #728EBE #A272BE

monochromatic

#737C39 #9AA64D #B4BE72 #CAD19C #E1E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B4BE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#B4BE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE72

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE72	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.100 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd19b',
    500: '#b4be72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be72;
$custom-light: #cbd19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE72

secondary

#BBB7D5

accent

#5BCD6A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#13140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE72

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

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