#B7BD42#B7BD42

#B7BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.144 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7BD42
RGB	rgb(183, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -17.73, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 61.64, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0539 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.144 112)
XYZ	xyz(38.7105, 46.8567, 12.1583)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7BD42 #4842BD

analogous

#BD8642 #B7BD42 #79BD42

triadic

#B7BD42 #42B7BD #BD42B7

tetradic

#B7BD42 #42BD86 #4842BD #BD4279

square

#B7BD42 #42BD86 #4842BD #BD4279

split-complementary

#B7BD42 #4279BD #8642BD

monochromatic

#5F6222 #8B9032 #B7BD42 #C8CD6F #DADD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B7BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B7BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7BD42

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7BD42	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.144 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d07d',
    500: '#b7bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7bd42;
$custom-light: #d0d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7706,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.46856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7BD42

secondary

#9592C9

accent

#50D857

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7BD42

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

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