#B3BD4B#B3BD4B

#B3BD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD4B
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 75)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -18.80, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 58.03, 108.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0557 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.138 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0589, 46.4876, 13.6234)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD4B #554BBD

analogous

#BD8E4B #B3BD4B #7ABD4B

triadic

#B3BD4B #4BB3BD #BD4BB3

tetradic

#B3BD4B #4BBD8E #554BBD #BD4B7A

square

#B3BD4B #4BBD8E #554BBD #BD4B7A

split-complementary

#B3BD4B #4B7ABD #8E4BBD

monochromatic

#626826 #8C9436 #B3BD4B #C6CD78 #D9DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B3BD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD4B

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD4B	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd082',
    500: '#b3bd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd4b;
$custom-light: #ccd082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.263,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76817,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD4B

secondary

#9D99CB

accent

#52D65D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD4B

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

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