#B3BD38#B3BD38

#B3BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.152 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD38
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -19.98, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 65.53, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.061 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.152 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5029, 46.2652, 10.6951)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD38 #4238BD

analogous

#BD8438 #B3BD38 #71BD38

triadic

#B3BD38 #38B3BD #BD38B3

tetradic

#B3BD38 #38BD84 #4238BD #BD3871

square

#B3BD38 #38BD84 #4238BD #BD3871

split-complementary

#B3BD38 #3871BD #8438BD

monochromatic

#5A5F1C #868E2A #B3BD38 #C8D062 #D9DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B3BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD38

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.152 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd077',
    500: '#b3bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd38;
$custom-light: #cdd077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.511,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76656,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD38

secondary

#8C87C9

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD38

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

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