#B3B21E#B3B21E

#B3B21E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.154 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B21E
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -15.49, 67.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 69.30, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0506 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.154 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7465, 41.5194, 7.4118)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B21E #1E1FB3

analogous

#B3671E #B3B21E #69B31E

triadic

#B3B21E #1EB3B2 #B21EB3

tetradic

#B3B21E #1EB367 #1E1FB3 #B31E69

square

#B3B21E #1EB367 #1E1FB3 #B31E69

split-complementary

#B3B21E #1E69B3 #671EB3

monochromatic

#4A4A0C #7F7E15 #B3B21E #DDDB32 #E5E566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B3B21E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B3B21E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B21E

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B21E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B21E	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b21e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.154 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec86a',
    500: '#b3b21e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b21e;
$custom-light: #cec86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b21e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74072,
    "c": 0.15383,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B21E

secondary

#6263CB

accent

#3BEE3A

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B21E

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

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