#B3BB53#B3BB53

#B3BB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.128 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB53
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(65, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -17.18, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 53.61, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0503 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.128 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9229, 45.7496, 15.0148)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB53 #5B53BB

analogous

#BB8F53 #B3BB53 #7FBB53

triadic

#B3BB53 #53B3BB #BB53B3

tetradic

#B3BB53 #53BB8F #5B53BB #BB537F

square

#B3BB53 #53BB8F #5B53BB #BB537F

split-complementary

#B3BB53 #537FBB #8F53BB

monochromatic

#656A2A #8F963B #B3BB53 #C6CC7F #DADEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B3BB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#B3BB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB53

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB53	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.128 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccf87',
    500: '#b3bb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb53;
$custom-light: #cccf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76459,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB53

secondary

#A29ECB

accent

#55D35E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB53

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

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