#B3BD57#B3BD57

#B3BD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.127 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD57
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -17.85, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 52.72, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0518 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.127 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5090, 46.6676, 15.9941)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD57 #6157BD

analogous

#BD9457 #B3BD57 #80BD57

triadic

#B3BD57 #57B3BD #BD57B3

tetradic

#B3BD57 #57BD94 #6157BD #BD5780

square

#B3BD57 #57BD94 #6157BD #BD5780

split-complementary

#B3BD57 #5780BD #9457BD

monochromatic

#686E2B #919A3D #B3BD57 #C7CE83 #DBE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B3BD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD57

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD57	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)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.127 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd089',
    500: '#b3bd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd57;
$custom-light: #ccd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.882,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76947,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD57

secondary

#A6A2CE

accent

#54D361

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD57

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

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