#B3BD35#B3BD35

#B3BD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.154 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD35
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -20.14, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 66.58, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0617 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.154 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4317, 46.2367, 10.3202)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD35 #3F35BD

analogous

#BD8335 #B3BD35 #6FBD35

triadic

#B3BD35 #35B3BD #BD35B3

tetradic

#B3BD35 #35BD83 #3F35BD #BD356F

square

#B3BD35 #35BD83 #3F35BD #BD356F

split-complementary

#B3BD35 #356FBD #8335BD

monochromatic

#585D1A #868D28 #B3BD35 #C9D25D #D9DF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B3BD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD35

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD35	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.154 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd076',
    500: '#b3bd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd35;
$custom-light: #cdd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76636,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD35

secondary

#8984CA

accent

#48DF53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD35

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

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