#B3BB49#B3BB49

#B3BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.137 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB49
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -17.94, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 57.99, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0535 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.137 113)
XYZ	xyz(37.5643, 45.6061, 13.1261)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB49 #5149BB

analogous

#BB8A49 #B3BB49 #7ABB49

triadic

#B3BB49 #49B3BB #BB49B3

tetradic

#B3BB49 #49BB8A #5149BB #BB497A

square

#B3BB49 #49BB8A #5149BB #BB497A

split-complementary

#B3BB49 #497ABB #8A49BB

monochromatic

#606425 #8A9136 #B3BB49 #C6CC76 #D8DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B3BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B3BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB49

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB49	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#C8B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.137 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccf81',
    500: '#b3bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb49;
$custom-light: #cccf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76354,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.45605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB49

secondary

#9A97C9

accent

#53D55C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB49

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

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