#B3BD4E#B3BD4E

#B3BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.135 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD4E
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -18.58, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 56.74, 109.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0548 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.135 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1640, 46.5296, 14.1769)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD4E #584EBD

analogous

#BD8F4E #B3BD4E #7CBD4E

triadic

#B3BD4E #4EB3BD #BD4EB3

tetradic

#B3BD4E #4EBD8F #584EBD #BD4E7C

square

#B3BD4E #4EBD8F #584EBD #BD4E7C

split-complementary

#B3BD4E #4E7CBD #8F4EBD

monochromatic

#636927 #8D9638 #B3BD4E #C6CE7B #D9DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B3BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD4E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD4E	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.135 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd084',
    500: '#b3bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd4e;
$custom-light: #ccd084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.405,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76848,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD4E

secondary

#A09BCC

accent

#52D55E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD4E

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

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