#B3BC55#B3BC55

#B3BC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.128 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BC55
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -17.52, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 53.16, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0511 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.128 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2141, 46.2067, 15.4983)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BC55 #5E55BC

analogous

#BC9155 #B3BC55 #7FBC55

triadic

#B3BC55 #55B3BC #BC55B3

tetradic

#B3BC55 #55BC91 #5E55BC #BC557F

square

#B3BC55 #55BC91 #5E55BC #BC557F

split-complementary

#B3BC55 #557FBC #9155BC

monochromatic

#666C2B #90983C #B3BC55 #C7CD81 #DADFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B3BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BC55

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BC55	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.128 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd088',
    500: '#b3bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bc55;
$custom-light: #ccd088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.243,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76703,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BC55

secondary

#A4A0CC

accent

#55D360

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BC55

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

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