#B3B228#B3B228

#B3B228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.149 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B228
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -15.16, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 66.58, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.049 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.149 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8951, 41.5788, 8.1944)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B228 #2829B3

analogous

#B36C28 #B3B228 #6FB328

triadic

#B3B228 #28B3B2 #B228B3

tetradic

#B3B228 #28B36C #2829B3 #B3286F

square

#B3B228 #28B36C #2829B3 #B3286F

split-complementary

#B3B228 #286FB3 #6C28B3

monochromatic

#4F4F12 #81801D #B3B228 #D5D443 #E0DF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B3B228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B228

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B228	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.149 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec86e',
    500: '#b3b228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b228;
$custom-light: #cec86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74118,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B228

secondary

#6F70C8

accent

#42E641

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B228

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

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