#B3BD44#B3BD44

#B3BD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.143 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD44
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -19.28, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 60.94, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0578 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.143 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8324, 46.3970, 12.4303)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD44 #4E44BD

analogous

#BD8B44 #B3BD44 #76BD44

triadic

#B3BD44 #44B3BD #BD44B3

tetradic

#B3BD44 #44BD8B #4E44BD #BD4476

square

#B3BD44 #44BD8B #4E44BD #BD4476

split-complementary

#B3BD44 #4476BD #8B44BD

monochromatic

#5E6323 #899133 #B3BD44 #C5CD71 #D8DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B3BD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD44

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD44	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.143 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07e',
    500: '#b3bd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd44;
$custom-light: #cdd07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.959,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76752,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD44

secondary

#9893C9

accent

#50D75C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD44

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

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