#B3BB42#B3BB42

#B3BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.143 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB42
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -18.41, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 60.88, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0556 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.143 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3451, 45.5185, 11.9719)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB42 #4A42BB

analogous

#BB8742 #B3BB42 #77BB42

triadic

#B3BB42 #42B3BB #BB42B3

tetradic

#B3BB42 #42BB87 #4A42BB #BB4277

square

#B3BB42 #42BB87 #4A42BB #BB4277

split-complementary

#B3BB42 #4277BB #8742BB

monochromatic

#5C6122 #888E32 #B3BB42 #C6CC6E #D8DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B3BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#B3BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB42

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB42	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.143 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf7d',
    500: '#b3bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb42;
$custom-light: #cdcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.967,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7629,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB42

secondary

#9491C8

accent

#50D759

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB42

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

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