#B3BC3B#B3BC3B

#B3BC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.149 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B3BC3B
RGBrgb(179, 188, 59)
HSLhsl(64, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(64, 69%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(4.8%, 0%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.46, -19.32, 61.03)
CIE-LCHlch(73.46, 64.02, 107.57°)
OKLaboklab(76.46% -0.0588 0.1365)
OKLCHoklch(76.46% 0.149 113.3)
XYZxyz(37.3641, 45.8667, 11.0217)
Luminance0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B3BC3B #443BBC
analogous
#BC843B #B3BC3B #72BC3B
triadic
#B3BC3B #3BB3BC #BC3BB3
tetradic
#B3BC3B #3BBC84 #443BBC #BC3B72
square
#B3BC3B #3BBC84 #443BBC #BC3B72
split-complementary
#B3BC3B #3B72BC #843BBC
monochromatic
#5A5F1E #878D2C #B3BC3B #C7CF65 #D8DD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#B3BC3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17
#B3BC3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BC3B
10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B3BC3B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B3BC3B1.002.0610.1710.17
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1721.001.001.00
##00000010.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB327
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB644
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFB1A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b3bc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.149 113.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd079',
    500: '#b3bc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b3bc3b;
$custom-light: #cdd079;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b3bc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.186,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76456,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B3BC3B
secondary
#8E8AC9
accent
#4CDC56
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#141309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BC3B

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

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#B3BC3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva