#B3BB57#B3BB57

#B3BB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.125 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB57
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -16.84, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 51.78, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.049 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.125 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0818, 45.8131, 15.8517)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB57 #5F57BB

analogous

#BB9157 #B3BB57 #81BB57

triadic

#B3BB57 #57B3BB #BB57B3

tetradic

#B3BB57 #57BB91 #5F57BB #BB5781

square

#B3BB57 #57BB91 #5F57BB #BB5781

split-complementary

#B3BB57 #5781BB #9157BB

monochromatic

#676C2C #90973D #B3BB57 #C7CD83 #DADEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B3BB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#B3BB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB57

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB57	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)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.125 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccf89',
    500: '#b3bb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb57;
$custom-light: #cccf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76506,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB57

secondary

#A5A2CC

accent

#56D260

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB57

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

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