#B3BD3A#B3BD3A

#B3BD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.150 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD3A
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -19.88, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 64.80, 107.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0605 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.15 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5528, 46.2851, 10.9579)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD3A #443ABD

analogous

#BD853A #B3BD3A #71BD3A

triadic

#B3BD3A #3AB3BD #BD3AB3

tetradic

#B3BD3A #3ABD85 #443ABD #BD3A71

square

#B3BD3A #3ABD85 #443ABD #BD3A71

split-complementary

#B3BD3A #3A71BD #853ABD

monochromatic

#5A5F1D #878E2C #B3BD3A #C7D065 #D8DE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B3BD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD3A

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD3A	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.150 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd078',
    500: '#b3bd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd3a;
$custom-light: #cdd078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76671,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD3A

secondary

#8E8AC9

accent

#4BDC56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD3A

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

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