#B3BB55#B3BB55

#B3BB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.127 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB55
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -17.01, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 52.70, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0496 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.127 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0012, 45.7809, 15.4273)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB55 #5D55BB

analogous

#BB9055 #B3BB55 #80BB55

triadic

#B3BB55 #55B3BB #BB55B3

tetradic

#B3BB55 #55BB90 #5D55BB #BB5580

square

#B3BB55 #55BB90 #5D55BB #BB5580

split-complementary

#B3BB55 #5580BB #9055BB

monochromatic

#666B2B #8F973C #B3BB55 #C7CC81 #DADEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B3BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#B3BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB55

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB55	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.127 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccf88',
    500: '#b3bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb55;
$custom-light: #cccf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.706,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76482,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB55

secondary

#A3A0CC

accent

#55D35F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB55

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

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