#B3B050#B3B050

#B3B050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B050
RGB	rgb(179, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -11.80, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 50.10, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0354 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.119 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5647, 41.2146, 13.6696)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B050 #5053B3

analogous

#B37E50 #B3B050 #84B350

triadic

#B3B050 #50B3B0 #B050B3

tetradic

#B3B050 #50B37E #5053B3 #B35084

square

#B3B050 #50B37E #5053B3 #B35084

split-complementary

#B3B050 #5084B3 #7E50B3

monochromatic

#5F5E29 #8A883C #B3B050 #C6C37B #D8D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B3B050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B3B050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B050

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B050	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc784',
    500: '#b3b050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b050;
$custom-light: #ccc784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B050

secondary

#999BC5

accent

#5CCF58

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B050

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

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