#B3BC49#B3BC49

#B3BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.138 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BC49
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -18.44, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 58.43, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0549 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.138 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7771, 46.0319, 13.1970)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BC49 #5249BC

analogous

#BC8B49 #B3BC49 #79BC49

triadic

#B3BC49 #49B3BC #BC49B3

tetradic

#B3BC49 #49BC8B #5249BC #BC4979

square

#B3BC49 #49BC8B #5249BC #BC4979

split-complementary

#B3BC49 #4979BC #8B49BC

monochromatic

#606525 #8B9236 #B3BC49 #C6CC76 #D8DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B3BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#B3BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BC49

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BC49	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.138 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd081',
    500: '#b3bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bc49;
$custom-light: #ccd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.696,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76576,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BC49

secondary

#9B97CA

accent

#52D65C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BC49

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

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