#B4BF38#B4BF38

#B4BF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.154 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BF38
RGB	rgb(180, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -20.56, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 66.32, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0626 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.154 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1681, 47.2512, 10.8504)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BF38 #4338BF

analogous

#BF8638 #B4BF38 #70BF38

triadic

#B4BF38 #38B4BF #BF38B4

tetradic

#B4BF38 #38BF86 #4338BF #BF3870

square

#B4BF38 #38BF86 #4338BF #BF3870

split-complementary

#B4BF38 #3870BF #8638BF

monochromatic

#5B601C #87902A #B4BF38 #C8D163 #D9DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4BF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B4BF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BF38

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BF38	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)

#CDB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.154 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced277',
    500: '#b4bf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bf38;
$custom-light: #ced277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77182,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BF38

secondary

#8E89CA

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BF38

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

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