#B3BD4A#B3BD4A

#B3BD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.139 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD4A
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -18.87, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 58.45, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.056 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.139 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0249, 46.4740, 13.4445)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD4A #544ABD

analogous

#BD8E4A #B3BD4A #7ABD4A

triadic

#B3BD4A #4AB3BD #BD4AB3

tetradic

#B3BD4A #4ABD8E #544ABD #BD4A7A

square

#B3BD4A #4ABD8E #544ABD #BD4A7A

split-complementary

#B3BD4A #4A7ABD #8E4ABD

monochromatic

#616726 #8C9436 #B3BD4A #C6CD77 #D9DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B3BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD4A

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD4A	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)

#CAB43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.139 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd081',
    500: '#b3bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd4a;
$custom-light: #ccd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76807,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD4A

secondary

#9D98CB

accent

#52D65D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD4A

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

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