#B3B020#B3B020

#B3B020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.151 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B020
RGB	rgb(179, 176, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -14.41, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 68.12, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0475 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.151 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3779, 40.7398, 7.4189)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B020 #2023B3

analogous

#B36720 #B3B020 #6CB320

triadic

#B3B020 #20B3B0 #B020B3

tetradic

#B3B020 #20B367 #2023B3 #B3206C

square

#B3B020 #20B367 #2023B3 #B3206C

split-complementary

#B3B020 #206CB3 #6720B3

monochromatic

#4B4A0D #7F7D17 #B3B020 #DBD835 #E4E269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B3B020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B3B020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B020

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B020	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 176, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.151 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec76b',
    500: '#b3b020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b020;
$custom-light: #cec76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73639,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B020

secondary

#6567CA

accent

#3FEC3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B020

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

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