#B3B227#B3B227

#B3B227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.150 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B227
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -15.20, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 66.88, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0491 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.15 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8784, 41.5721, 8.1060)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B227 #2728B3

analogous

#B36C27 #B3B227 #6EB327

triadic

#B3B227 #27B3B2 #B227B3

tetradic

#B3B227 #27B36C #2728B3 #B3276E

square

#B3B227 #27B36C #2728B3 #B3276E

split-complementary

#B3B227 #276EB3 #6C27B3

monochromatic

#4E4E11 #81801C #B3B227 #D6D541 #E1E074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B3B227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B227

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B227	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	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)

#C3AF33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.150 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec86e',
    500: '#b3b227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b227;
$custom-light: #cec86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B227

secondary

#6E6FC8

accent

#42E741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B227

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

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