#B3BD37#B3BD37

#B3BD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.152 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD37
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -20.04, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 65.88, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0612 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.152 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4787, 46.2555, 10.5676)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD37 #4137BD

analogous

#BD8437 #B3BD37 #70BD37

triadic

#B3BD37 #37B3BD #BD37B3

tetradic

#B3BD37 #37BD84 #4137BD #BD3770

square

#B3BD37 #37BD84 #4137BD #BD3770

split-complementary

#B3BD37 #3770BD #8437BD

monochromatic

#595E1B #868E29 #B3BD37 #C8D160 #D9DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B3BD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD37

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD37	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)

#CBB41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.152 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd077',
    500: '#b3bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd37;
$custom-light: #cdd077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.478,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76649,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD37

secondary

#8B86C9

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD37

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

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