#B3B138#B3B138

#B3B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.139 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B138
RGB	rgb(179, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -13.92, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 60.73, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.044 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.139 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0276, 41.3146, 9.8700)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B138 #383AB3

analogous

#B37338 #B3B138 #77B338

triadic

#B3B138 #38B3B1 #B138B3

tetradic

#B3B138 #38B373 #383AB3 #B33877

square

#B3B138 #38B373 #383AB3 #B33877

split-complementary

#B3B138 #3877B3 #7338B3

monochromatic

#56551B #848329 #B3B138 #CCCA5C #DBD98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B3B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B3B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B138

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B138	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.139 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc876',
    500: '#b3b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b138;
$custom-light: #cdc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B138

secondary

#8283C5

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B138

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →