#B3BB48#B3BB48

#B3BB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB48
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -18.01, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 58.41, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0538 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.138 113)
XYZ	xyz(37.5314, 45.5930, 12.9529)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB48 #5048BB

analogous

#BB8948 #B3BB48 #79BB48

triadic

#B3BB48 #48B3BB #BB48B3

tetradic

#B3BB48 #48BB89 #5048BB #BB4879

square

#B3BB48 #48BB89 #5048BB #BB4879

split-complementary

#B3BB48 #4879BB #8948BB

monochromatic

#5F6425 #8A9036 #B3BB48 #C6CC75 #D8DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B3BB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B3BB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB48

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB48	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccf80',
    500: '#b3bb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb48;
$custom-light: #cccf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.174,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.45592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB48

secondary

#9996C9

accent

#52D55B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB48

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

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