#B3B120#B3B120

#B3B120 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.152 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B120
RGB	rgb(179, 177, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -14.93, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 68.46, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0489 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.152 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5747, 41.1334, 7.4845)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B120 #2022B3

analogous

#B36820 #B3B120 #6CB320

triadic

#B3B120 #20B3B1 #B120B3

tetradic

#B3B120 #20B368 #2022B3 #B3206C

square

#B3B120 #20B368 #2022B3 #B3206C

split-complementary

#B3B120 #206CB3 #6820B3

monochromatic

#4B4A0D #7F7E17 #B3B120 #DBD935 #E4E369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B3B120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#B3B120 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B120

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B120	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 177, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.152 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec86b',
    500: '#b3b120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b120;
$custom-light: #cec86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73859,
    "c": 0.1521,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B120

secondary

#6566CA

accent

#3EEC3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B120

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

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