#B3BD2A#B3BD2A

#B3BD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.160 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD2A
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -20.62, 66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 70.09, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.064 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.16 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2071, 46.1469, 9.1373)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD2A #342ABD

analogous

#BD7E2A #B3BD2A #69BD2A

triadic

#B3BD2A #2AB3BD #BD2AB3

tetradic

#B3BD2A #2ABD7E #342ABD #BD2A69

square

#B3BD2A #2ABD7E #342ABD #BD2A69

split-complementary

#B3BD2A #2A69BD #7E2ABD

monochromatic

#545914 #848B1F #B3BD2A #CED74D #DCE37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#B3BD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD2A

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD2A	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)

#CBB638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.160 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced071',
    500: '#b3bd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd2a;
$custom-light: #ced071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.082,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76571,
    "c": 0.15958,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD2A

secondary

#7D78CB

accent

#41E74C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD2A

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

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