#B3BD33#B3BD33

#B3BD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.155 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD33
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 51)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -20.23, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 67.26, 107.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0621 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.155 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3867, 46.2187, 10.0830)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD33 #3D33BD

analogous

#BD8233 #B3BD33 #6EBD33

triadic

#B3BD33 #33B3BD #BD33B3

tetradic

#B3BD33 #33BD82 #3D33BD #BD336E

square

#B3BD33 #33BD82 #3D33BD #BD336E

split-complementary

#B3BD33 #336EBD #8233BD

monochromatic

#585D19 #858D26 #B3BD33 #CAD35B #D9E08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B3BD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD33

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD33	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)

#CBB417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.155 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd075',
    500: '#b3bd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd33;
$custom-light: #cdd075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76623,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD33

secondary

#8782CA

accent

#47E152

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD33

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

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