#B3B150#B3B150

#B3B150 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B150
RGB	rgb(179, 177, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -12.31, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 50.53, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0368 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.12 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7615, 41.6082, 13.7352)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B150 #5052B3

analogous

#B37F50 #B3B150 #83B350

triadic

#B3B150 #50B3B1 #B150B3

tetradic

#B3B150 #50B37F #5052B3 #B35083

square

#B3B150 #50B37F #5052B3 #B35083

split-complementary

#B3B150 #5083B3 #7F50B3

monochromatic

#5F5E29 #8A883C #B3B150 #C6C47B #D8D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B3B150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B150

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B150	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 177, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc884',
    500: '#b3b150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b150;
$custom-light: #ccc884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.788,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74229,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B150

secondary

#999AC5

accent

#5BCF58

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B150

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

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