#B3BD52#B3BD52

#B3BD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.132 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD52
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -18.26, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 54.98, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0535 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.132 114)
XYZ	xyz(38.3118, 46.5887, 14.9553)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD52 #5C52BD

analogous

#BD9152 #B3BD52 #7EBD52

triadic

#B3BD52 #52B3BD #BD52B3

tetradic

#B3BD52 #52BD91 #5C52BD #BD527E

square

#B3BD52 #52BD91 #5C52BD #BD527E

split-complementary

#B3BD52 #527EBD #9152BD

monochromatic

#656C29 #8F983A #B3BD52 #C6CE7E #DADFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B3BD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD52

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD52	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.132 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd086',
    500: '#b3bd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd52;
$custom-light: #ccd086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.607,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7689,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.46588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD52

secondary

#A39ECC

accent

#53D45F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD52

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

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