#B3BF38#B3BF38

#B3BF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.154 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BF38
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -20.98, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 66.35, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0637 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.154 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9361, 47.1315, 10.8395)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BF38 #4438BF

analogous

#BF8738 #B3BF38 #6FBF38

triadic

#B3BF38 #38B3BF #BF38B3

tetradic

#B3BF38 #38BF87 #4438BF #BF386F

square

#B3BF38 #38BF87 #4438BF #BF386F

split-complementary

#B3BF38 #386FBF #8738BF

monochromatic

#5A601C #87902A #B3BF38 #C7D163 #D8DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B3BF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B3BF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BF38

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BF38	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.154 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd277',
    500: '#b3bf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bf38;
$custom-light: #cdd277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77102,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BF38

secondary

#8E89CA

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BF38

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

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