#B3BD97#B3BD97

#B3BD97 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.053 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BD97
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(76, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(76, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -10.10, 18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 20.72, 119.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0263 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.053 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3733, 48.2133, 36.3460)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BD97 #A197BD

analogous

#BDB497 #B3BD97 #A0BD97

triadic

#B3BD97 #97B3BD #BD97B3

tetradic

#B3BD97 #97BDB4 #A197BD #BD97A0

square

#B3BD97 #97BDB4 #A197BD #BD97A0

split-complementary

#B3BD97 #97A0BD #B497BD

monochromatic

#788554 #98A572 #B3BD97 #CED5BC #EAEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B3BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#B3BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BD97

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BD97	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.053 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0b5',
    500: '#b3bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bd97;
$custom-light: #cad0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.789,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78051,
    "c": 0.05321,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BD97

secondary

#D5D2DE

accent

#45A15D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F9F6

border

#D1D2D0

text

#131411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BD97

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

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