#B3B220#B3B220

#B3B220 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.153 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B220
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -15.44, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 68.80, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0503 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.153 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7729, 41.5299, 7.5506)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B220 #2021B3

analogous

#B36920 #B3B220 #6BB320

triadic

#B3B220 #20B3B2 #B220B3

tetradic

#B3B220 #20B369 #2021B3 #B3206B

square

#B3B220 #20B369 #2021B3 #B3206B

split-complementary

#B3B220 #206BB3 #6920B3

monochromatic

#4B4B0D #7F7E17 #B3B220 #DBDA35 #E4E369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B3B220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B3B220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B220

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B220	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.153 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec86b',
    500: '#b3b220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b220;
$custom-light: #cec86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.15305,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B220

secondary

#6566CA

accent

#3DEC3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B220

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

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