#B3BC42#B3BC42

#B3BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.144 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BC42
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -18.91, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 61.31, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.057 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.144 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5580, 45.9442, 12.0428)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BC42 #4B42BC

analogous

#BC8842 #B3BC42 #76BC42

triadic

#B3BC42 #42B3BC #BC42B3

tetradic

#B3BC42 #42BC88 #4B42BC #BC4276

square

#B3BC42 #42BC88 #4B42BC #BC4276

split-complementary

#B3BC42 #4276BC #8842BC

monochromatic

#5D6122 #888F32 #B3BC42 #C5CC6F #D8DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B3BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#B3BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BC42

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BC42	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.144 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07d',
    500: '#b3bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bc42;
$custom-light: #cdd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.426,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76512,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BC42

secondary

#9591C9

accent

#50D85A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BC42

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

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