#B3BB56#B3BB56

#B3BB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.126 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB56
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -16.93, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 52.24, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0493 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.126 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0412, 45.7969, 15.6380)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB56 #5E56BB

analogous

#BB9056 #B3BB56 #80BB56

triadic

#B3BB56 #56B3BB #BB56B3

tetradic

#B3BB56 #56BB90 #5E56BB #BB5680

square

#B3BB56 #56BB90 #5E56BB #BB5680

split-complementary

#B3BB56 #5680BB #9056BB

monochromatic

#666B2B #90973D #B3BB56 #C7CD82 #DADEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B3BB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#B3BB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB56

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB56	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)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.126 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccf89',
    500: '#b3bb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb56;
$custom-light: #cccf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.752,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76494,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB56

secondary

#A4A1CC

accent

#55D25F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB56

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

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