#B3B131#B3B131

#B3B131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.144 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B131
RGB	rgb(179, 177, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -14.27, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 63.29, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0457 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.144 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8682, 41.2508, 9.0306)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B131 #3133B3

analogous

#B37031 #B3B131 #74B331

triadic

#B3B131 #31B3B1 #B131B3

tetradic

#B3B131 #31B370 #3133B3 #B33174

square

#B3B131 #31B370 #3133B3 #B33174

split-complementary

#B3B131 #3174B3 #7031B3

monochromatic

#535217 #838124 #B3B131 #D0CE52 #DDDB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B3B131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#B3B131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B131

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B131	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 177, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.144 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc872',
    500: '#b3b131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b131;
$custom-light: #cdc872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73951,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B131

secondary

#7A7BC6

accent

#4AE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B131

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

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