#B4BF42#B4BF42

#B4BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.147 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BF42
RGB	rgb(180, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -19.99, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 62.57, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.06 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.147 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4375, 47.3590, 12.2696)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BF42 #4D42BF

analogous

#BF8B42 #B4BF42 #75BF42

triadic

#B4BF42 #42B4BF #BF42B4

tetradic

#B4BF42 #42BF8B #4D42BF #BF4275

square

#B4BF42 #42BF8B #4D42BF #BF4275

split-complementary

#B4BF42 #4275BF #8B42BF

monochromatic

#5F6522 #8A9232 #B4BF42 #C6CE70 #D8DE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B4BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BF42

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BF42	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.147 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd27d',
    500: '#b4bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bf42;
$custom-light: #cdd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77259,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BF42

secondary

#9793CA

accent

#4FD95B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BF42

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

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