#B3BD55#B3BD55

#B3BD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.129 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD55
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -18.02, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 53.63, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0525 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.129 114)
XYZ	xyz(38.4285, 46.6354, 15.5697)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD55 #5F55BD

analogous

#BD9355 #B3BD55 #7FBD55

triadic

#B3BD55 #55B3BD #BD55B3

tetradic

#B3BD55 #55BD93 #5F55BD #BD557F

square

#B3BD55 #55BD93 #5F55BD #BD557F

split-complementary

#B3BD55 #557FBD #9355BD

monochromatic

#676D2A #90993C #B3BD55 #C7CE81 #DADFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B3BD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD55

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD55	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.129 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd088',
    500: '#b3bd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd55;
$custom-light: #ccd088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76924,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.46635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD55

secondary

#A5A1CD

accent

#54D460

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD55

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

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