#B3BF36#B3BF36

#B3BF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.155 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BF36
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -21.08, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 67.06, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0642 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.155 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8881, 47.1124, 10.5870)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BF36 #4236BF

analogous

#BF8636 #B3BF36 #6FBF36

triadic

#B3BF36 #36B3BF #BF36B3

tetradic

#B3BF36 #36BF86 #4236BF #BF366F

square

#B3BF36 #36BF86 #4236BF #BF366F

split-complementary

#B3BF36 #366FBF #8636BF

monochromatic

#5A601B #868F29 #B3BF36 #C8D260 #D9E090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B3BF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#B3BF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BF36

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BF36	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.155 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd276',
    500: '#b3bf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bf36;
$custom-light: #cdd276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77089,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BF36

secondary

#8C87CA

accent

#49DF56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BF36

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

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