#B3BD3E#B3BD3E

#B3BD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.148 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD3E
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -19.65, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 63.30, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0594 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.148 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6585, 46.3274, 11.5148)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD3E #483EBD

analogous

#BD883E #B3BD3E #74BD3E

triadic

#B3BD3E #3EB3BD #BD3EB3

tetradic

#B3BD3E #3EBD88 #483EBD #BD3E74

square

#B3BD3E #3EBD88 #483EBD #BD3E74

split-complementary

#B3BD3E #3E74BD #883EBD

monochromatic

#5C6120 #878F2F #B3BD3E #C6CE6A #D8DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B3BD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B3BD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD3E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD3E	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.148 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07a',
    500: '#b3bd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd3e;
$custom-light: #cdd07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.724,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76701,
    "c": 0.14772,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD3E

secondary

#928EC9

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD3E

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

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