#B3B11A#B3B11A

#B3B11A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.154 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B11A
RGB	rgb(179, 177, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 85.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -15.09, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 69.88, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0497 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.154 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5004, 41.1037, 7.0936)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B11A #1A1CB3

analogous

#B3651A #B3B11A #68B31A

triadic

#B3B11A #1AB3B1 #B11AB3

tetradic

#B3B11A #1AB365 #1A1CB3 #B31A68

square

#B3B11A #1AB365 #1A1CB3 #B31A68

split-complementary

#B3B11A #1A68B3 #651AB3

monochromatic

#48470A #7E7C12 #B3B11A #E0DE2A #E8E660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B3B11A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B3B11A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B11A

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B11A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B11A	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)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b11a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 177, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.154 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec869',
    500: '#b3b11a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b11a;
$custom-light: #cec869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b11a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73836,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B11A

secondary

#5D5ECC

accent

#39F137

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B11A

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

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