#B3B232#B3B232

#B3B232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.144 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B232
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -14.74, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 63.32, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0469 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.144 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.0878, 41.6559, 9.2091)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B232 #3233B3

analogous

#B37232 #B3B232 #73B332

triadic

#B3B232 #32B3B2 #B232B3

tetradic

#B3B232 #32B372 #3233B3 #B33273

square

#B3B232 #32B372 #3233B3 #B33273

split-complementary

#B3B232 #3273B3 #7232B3

monochromatic

#535317 #838225 #B3B232 #CFCE53 #DCDC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B3B232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B232

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B232	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.144 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc873',
    500: '#b3b232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b232;
$custom-light: #cdc873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74178,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.41655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B232

secondary

#7B7CC6

accent

#49E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B232

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

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