#B3BD49#B3BD49

#B3BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.139 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD49
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -18.94, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 58.88, 108.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0563 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.139 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9915, 46.4606, 13.2685)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD49 #5349BD

analogous

#BD8D49 #B3BD49 #79BD49

triadic

#B3BD49 #49B3BD #BD49B3

tetradic

#B3BD49 #49BD8D #5349BD #BD4979

square

#B3BD49 #49BD8D #5349BD #BD4979

split-complementary

#B3BD49 #4979BD #8D49BD

monochromatic

#616625 #8B9335 #B3BD49 #C6CD76 #D9DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B3BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD49

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD49	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.139 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd081',
    500: '#b3bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd49;
$custom-light: #ccd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.172,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76798,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD49

secondary

#9C97CA

accent

#51D65D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD49

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

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