#B3BD50#B3BD50

#B3BD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.133 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD50
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -18.42, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 55.86, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0541 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.133 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2368, 46.5587, 14.5603)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD50 #5A50BD

analogous

#BD9150 #B3BD50 #7CBD50

triadic

#B3BD50 #50B3BD #BD50B3

tetradic

#B3BD50 #50BD91 #5A50BD #BD507C

square

#B3BD50 #50BD91 #5A50BD #BD507C

split-complementary

#B3BD50 #507CBD #9150BD

monochromatic

#646A28 #8E9739 #B3BD50 #C6CE7C #DADFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#B3BD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD50

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD50	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)

#CAB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.133 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd085',
    500: '#b3bd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd50;
$custom-light: #ccd085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.505,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76869,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD50

secondary

#A19DCC

accent

#53D55F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD50

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

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