#B3BF42#B3BF42

#B3BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.147 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BF42
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -20.40, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 62.61, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0612 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.147 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2055, 47.2393, 12.2587)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BF42 #4E42BF

analogous

#BF8C42 #B3BF42 #74BF42

triadic

#B3BF42 #42B3BF #BF42B3

tetradic

#B3BF42 #42BF8C #4E42BF #BF4274

square

#B3BF42 #42BF8C #4E42BF #BF4274

split-complementary

#B3BF42 #4274BF #8C42BF

monochromatic

#5E6522 #899232 #B3BF42 #C5CE70 #D8DE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B3BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B3BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BF42

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BF42	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.147 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd27d',
    500: '#b3bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bf42;
$custom-light: #cdd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77179,
    "c": 0.14709,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BF42

secondary

#9893CA

accent

#4FD95C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BF42

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

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