#B3BD45#B3BD45

#B3BD45 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	#B3BD45
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -19.21, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 60.53, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0575 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.143 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8631, 46.4093, 12.5924)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD45 #4F45BD

analogous

#BD8B45 #B3BD45 #77BD45

triadic

#B3BD45 #45B3BD #BD45B3

tetradic

#B3BD45 #45BD8B #4F45BD #BD4577

square

#B3BD45 #45BD8B #4F45BD #BD4577

split-complementary

#B3BD45 #4577BD #8B45BD

monochromatic

#5F6424 #899134 #B3BD45 #C5CD72 #D8DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#B3BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD45

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD45	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)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.143 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd07e',
    500: '#b3bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd45;
$custom-light: #cdd07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76761,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD45

secondary

#9994CA

accent

#51D75C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD45

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

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