#B3BD27#B3BD27
#B3BD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.161 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3BD27 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 189, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 66%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 79%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 79.4%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.63, -20.73, 67.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.63, 70.94, 106.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.56% -0.0645 0.1475) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.56% 0.161 113.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.1554, 46.1262, 8.8650) |
| Luminance | 0.4612 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 1.56
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.24
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.44
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.57
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.57
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3BD27 #3127BD
analogous
#BD7C27 #B3BD27 #68BD27
triadic
#B3BD27 #27B3BD #BD27B3
tetradic
#B3BD27 #27BD7C #3127BD #BD2768
square
#B3BD27 #27BD7C #3127BD #BD2768
split-complementary
#B3BD27 #2768BD #7C27BD
monochromatic
#535812 #838A1D #B3BD27 #D0D948 #DDE47B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.05
#B3BD27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.23
#B3BD27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3BD27
10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3BD27 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3BD27 | 1.00 | 2.05 | 10.23 | 10.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.05 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB635
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFB1A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3bd27; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.161 113.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ced06f',
500: '#b3bd27',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3bd27; $custom-light: #ced06f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3bd27",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 189,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64,
"s": 65.789,
"l": 44.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76556,
"c": 0.16098,
"h": 113.6
},
"luminance": 0.46125
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3BD27
secondary
#7A74CC
accent
#3FE94A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9ED
border
#D3D2C8
text
#141408
muted
#83827B