#B3BD31#B3BD31

#B3BD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.156 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD31
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -20.33, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 67.93, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0625 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.156 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3435, 46.2014, 9.8557)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD31 #3B31BD

analogous

#BD8131 #B3BD31 #6DBD31

triadic

#B3BD31 #31B3BD #BD31B3

tetradic

#B3BD31 #31BD81 #3B31BD #BD316D

square

#B3BD31 #31BD81 #3B31BD #BD316D

split-complementary

#B3BD31 #316DBD #8131BD

monochromatic

#575C18 #858C24 #B3BD31 #CBD458 #DAE088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B3BD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD31

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD31	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.156 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd074',
    500: '#b3bd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd31;
$custom-light: #cdd074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7661,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD31

secondary

#8580CA

accent

#46E251

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD31

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

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