#B3B040#B3B040

#B3B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B040
RGB	rgb(179, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -12.94, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 57.15, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0404 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0423, 41.0056, 10.9185)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B040 #4043B3

analogous

#B37740 #B3B040 #7CB340

triadic

#B3B040 #40B3B0 #B040B3

tetradic

#B3B040 #40B377 #4043B3 #B3407C

square

#B3B040 #40B377 #4043B3 #B3407C

split-complementary

#B3B040 #407CB3 #7740B3

monochromatic

#595720 #868430 #B3B040 #C9C667 #D9D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B3B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#B3B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B040

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B040	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc77a',
    500: '#b3b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b040;
$custom-light: #cdc77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B040

secondary

#8A8CC4

accent

#54D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B040

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

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