#B3B031#B3B031

#B3B031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.143 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B031
RGB	rgb(179, 176, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -13.76, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 62.92, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0442 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.143 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6714, 40.8573, 8.9650)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B031 #3134B3

analogous

#B36F31 #B3B031 #75B331

triadic

#B3B031 #31B3B0 #B031B3

tetradic

#B3B031 #31B36F #3134B3 #B33175

square

#B3B031 #31B36F #3134B3 #B33175

split-complementary

#B3B031 #3175B3 #6F31B3

monochromatic

#535217 #838124 #B3B031 #D0CD52 #DDDB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B3B031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B3B031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B031

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B031	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 176, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc772',
    500: '#b3b031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b031;
$custom-light: #cdc772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73731,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B031

secondary

#7A7CC6

accent

#4BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B031

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

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