#B3BC59#B3BC59

#B3BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BC59
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -17.17, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 51.33, 109.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0497 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.124 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3775, 46.2720, 16.3590)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BC59 #6259BC

analogous

#BC9459 #B3BC59 #82BC59

triadic

#B3BC59 #59B3BC #BC59B3

tetradic

#B3BC59 #59BC94 #6259BC #BC5982

square

#B3BC59 #59BC94 #6259BC #BC5982

split-complementary

#B3BC59 #5982BC #9459BC

monochromatic

#686E2C #919A3E #B3BC59 #C7CE85 #DBDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B3BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BC59

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BC59	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd08b',
    500: '#b3bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bc59;
$custom-light: #ccd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7675,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BC59

secondary

#A7A3CD

accent

#56D261

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BC59

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

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