#B3B11C#B3B11C

#B3B11C 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	#B3B11C
RGB	rgb(179, 177, 28)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -15.04, 67.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 69.43, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0495 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.154 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5236, 41.1130, 7.2154)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B11C #1C1EB3

analogous

#B3651C #B3B11C #6AB31C

triadic

#B3B11C #1CB3B1 #B11CB3

tetradic

#B3B11C #1CB365 #1C1EB3 #B31C6A

square

#B3B11C #1CB365 #1C1EB3 #B31C6A

split-complementary

#B3B11C #1C6AB3 #651CB3

monochromatic

#49480B #7E7D14 #B3B11C #DEDC2E #E7E563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B3B11C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B3B11C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B11C

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B11C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B11C	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)

#C2AE2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b11c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 177, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.154 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec86a',
    500: '#b3b11c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b11c;
$custom-light: #cec86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b11c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.205,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73843,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B11C

secondary

#5F61CB

accent

#3BF038

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B11C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →