#B4BE74#B4BE74

#B4BE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.098 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE74
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(68, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -15.02, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 39.19, 112.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0413 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.098 115)
XYZ	xyz(40.3885, 47.7916, 23.6166)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE74 #7E74BE

analogous

#BEA374 #B4BE74 #8FBE74

triadic

#B4BE74 #74B4BE #BE74B4

tetradic

#B4BE74 #74BEA3 #7E74BE #BE748F

square

#B4BE74 #74BEA3 #7E74BE #BE748F

split-complementary

#B4BE74 #748FBE #A374BE

monochromatic

#747D3A #9BA74E #B4BE74 #CBD29E #E1E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B4BE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#B4BE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE74

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE74	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.098 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd19d',
    500: '#b4be74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be74;
$custom-light: #cbd19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77657,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.47791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE74

secondary

#BDB9D5

accent

#5CCC6B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#13140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE74

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

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