#B3BD1E#B3BD1E
#B3BD1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.165 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3BD1E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 189, 30) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 73%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 84%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 84.1%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.59, -21.02, 70.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.59, 73.19, 106.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.52% -0.0659 0.1509) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.52% 0.165 113.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.0236, 46.0735, 8.1708) |
| Luminance | 0.4607 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 1.35
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 1.89
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.12
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.44
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.72
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3BD1E #281EBD
analogous
#BD781E #B3BD1E #63BD1E
triadic
#B3BD1E #1EB3BD #BD1EB3
tetradic
#B3BD1E #1EBD78 #281EBD #BD1E63
square
#B3BD1E #1EBD78 #281EBD #BD1E63
split-complementary
#B3BD1E #1E63BD #781EBD
monochromatic
#4F530D #818816 #B3BD1E #D5E039 #E0E86D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.06
#B3BD1E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.21
#B3BD1E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3BD1E
10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3BD1E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3BD1E | 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)
#CCB300
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCB630
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0B1A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3bd1e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 30); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.165 113.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ced06c',
500: '#b3bd1e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3bd1e; $custom-light: #ced06c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3bd1e",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 189,
"b": 30
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.774,
"s": 72.603,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76517,
"c": 0.1646,
"h": 113.6
},
"luminance": 0.46073
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3BD1E
secondary
#6F69CE
accent
#38EF44
background
#FDFCF6
surface
#FAF9EC
border
#D3D2C7
text
#141408
muted
#83827A