#B3B033#B3B033
#B3B033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.141 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3B033 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 176, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 56%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 72%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 71.5%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.09, -13.66, 60.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.09, 62.21, 102.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.74% -0.0438 0.1345) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.74% 0.141 108) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.7146, 40.8745, 9.1923) |
| Luminance | 0.4087 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.97
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.13
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.33
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.52
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.08
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.11
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3B033 #3336B3
analogous
#B37033 #B3B033 #76B333
triadic
#B3B033 #33B3B0 #B033B3
tetradic
#B3B033 #33B370 #3336B3 #B33376
square
#B3B033 #33B370 #3336B3 #B33376
split-complementary
#B3B033 #3376B3 #7033B3
monochromatic
#545218 #838125 #B3B033 #CECC55 #DCDA84
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#B3B033 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.17
#B3B033 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3B033
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3B033 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3B033 | 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)
#BFA91D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AD3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0A498
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3b033; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 176, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.141 108.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdc773',
500: '#b3b033',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3b033; $custom-light: #cdc773; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3b033",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 176,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.594,
"s": 55.652,
"l": 45.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73744,
"c": 0.14141,
"h": 108
},
"luminance": 0.40873
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3B033
secondary
#7C7EC6
accent
#4CDF49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8ED
border
#D3D1C8
text
#141309
muted
#83827B