#B3BD21#B3BD21

#B3BD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.164 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD21
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -20.93, 69.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 72.50, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0654 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.164 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0637, 46.0895, 8.3823)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD21 #2B21BD

analogous

#BD7921 #B3BD21 #65BD21

triadic

#B3BD21 #21B3BD #BD21B3

tetradic

#B3BD21 #21BD79 #2B21BD #BD2165

square

#B3BD21 #21BD79 #2B21BD #BD2165

split-complementary

#B3BD21 #2165BD #7921BD

monochromatic

#50550F #828918 #B3BD21 #D3DD3E #DFE672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B3BD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#B3BD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD21

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD21	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.164 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced06d',
    500: '#b3bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd21;
$custom-light: #ced06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76529,
    "c": 0.1635,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD21

secondary

#736DCD

accent

#3BED46

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD21

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

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