#B3B127#B3B127
#B3B127 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3B127 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 177, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 64%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 78%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 78.2%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.30, -14.69, 64.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.30, 66.53, 102.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.89% -0.0477 0.1412) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.89% 0.149 108.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.6801, 41.1756, 8.0399) |
| Luminance | 0.4117 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.63
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.74
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.83
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.13
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.29
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3B127 #2729B3
analogous
#B36B27 #B3B127 #6FB327
triadic
#B3B127 #27B3B1 #B127B3
tetradic
#B3B127 #27B36B #2729B3 #B3276F
square
#B3B127 #27B36B #2729B3 #B3276F
split-complementary
#B3B127 #276FB3 #6B27B3
monochromatic
#4E4E11 #817F1C #B3B127 #D6D441 #E1DF74
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#B3B127 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.23
#B3B127 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3B127
9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3B127 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3B127 | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.23 | 9.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 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)
#C2AE33
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0A598
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3b127; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 177, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.149 108.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cec86e',
500: '#b3b127',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3b127; $custom-light: #cec86e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3b127",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 177,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.143,
"s": 64.22,
"l": 42.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73892,
"c": 0.14901,
"h": 108.7
},
"luminance": 0.41174
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3B127
secondary
#6E6FC8
accent
#43E741
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8ED
border
#D3D1C8
text
#141308
muted
#83827B