#B3BD2C#B3BD2C

#B3BD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.159 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD2C
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -20.54, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 69.50, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0636 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.159 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2438, 46.1615, 9.3305)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD2C #362CBD

analogous

#BD7E2C #B3BD2C #6ABD2C

triadic

#B3BD2C #2CB3BD #BD2CB3

tetradic

#B3BD2C #2CBD7E #362CBD #BD2C6A

square

#B3BD2C #2CBD7E #362CBD #BD2C6A

split-complementary

#B3BD2C #2C6ABD #7E2CBD

monochromatic

#555A15 #848B20 #B3BD2C #CDD650 #DBE282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#B3BD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD2C

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD2C	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)

#CBB401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.159 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd071',
    500: '#b3bd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd2c;
$custom-light: #cdd071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76581,
    "c": 0.15859,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD2C

secondary

#807ACB

accent

#42E54E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD2C

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

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