#B3BD42#B3BD42

#B3BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.145 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD42
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -19.41, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 61.74, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0584 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.145 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7724, 46.3730, 12.1143)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD42 #4C42BD

analogous

#BD8942 #B3BD42 #76BD42

triadic

#B3BD42 #42B3BD #BD42B3

tetradic

#B3BD42 #42BD89 #4C42BD #BD4276

square

#B3BD42 #42BD89 #4C42BD #BD4276

split-complementary

#B3BD42 #4276BD #8942BD

monochromatic

#5D6222 #889032 #B3BD42 #C5CD6F #D7DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B3BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD42

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD42	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.145 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07d',
    500: '#b3bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd42;
$custom-light: #cdd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76734,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD42

secondary

#9692C9

accent

#50D85B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD42

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

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