#B3B151#B3B151

#B3B151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B151
RGB	rgb(179, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -12.23, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 50.07, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0365 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.119 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7987, 41.6230, 13.9313)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B151 #5153B3

analogous

#B38051 #B3B151 #84B351

triadic

#B3B151 #51B3B1 #B151B3

tetradic

#B3B151 #51B380 #5153B3 #B35184

square

#B3B151 #51B380 #5153B3 #B35184

split-complementary

#B3B151 #5184B3 #8051B3

monochromatic

#605F2A #8A893C #B3B151 #C6C47C #D8D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B3B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B151

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B151	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)

#BEAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc885',
    500: '#b3b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b151;
$custom-light: #ccc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7424,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B151

secondary

#9A9BC6

accent

#5BCF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B151

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

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