#B3B048#B3B048

#B3B048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B048
RGB	rgb(179, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -12.40, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 53.72, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.038 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.126 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2865, 41.1033, 12.2046)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B048 #484BB3

analogous

#B37B48 #B3B048 #81B348

triadic

#B3B048 #48B3B0 #B048B3

tetradic

#B3B048 #48B37B #484BB3 #B34881

square

#B3B048 #48B37B #484BB3 #B34881

split-complementary

#B3B048 #4881B3 #7B48B3

monochromatic

#5C5A25 #878536 #B3B048 #C6C472 #D8D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B3B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B3B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B048

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B048	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc77f',
    500: '#b3b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b048;
$custom-light: #ccc77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B048

secondary

#9294C4

accent

#59D255

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B048

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

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