#B3BD36#B3BD36

#B3BD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.153 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD36
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -20.09, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 66.24, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0614 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.153 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4550, 46.2460, 10.4426)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD36 #4036BD

analogous

#BD8336 #B3BD36 #70BD36

triadic

#B3BD36 #36B3BD #BD36B3

tetradic

#B3BD36 #36BD83 #4036BD #BD3670

square

#B3BD36 #36BD83 #4036BD #BD3670

split-complementary

#B3BD36 #3670BD #8336BD

monochromatic

#595E1B #868D28 #B3BD36 #C9D15F #D9DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B3BD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD36

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD36	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)

#CBB41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.153 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd076',
    500: '#b3bd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd36;
$custom-light: #cdd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76642,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD36

secondary

#8A85C9

accent

#49DF54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD36

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

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