#B3B233#B3B233

#B3B233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.143 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B233
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -14.69, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 62.96, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0466 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.143 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.1096, 41.6646, 9.3239)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B233 #3334B3

analogous

#B37233 #B3B233 #74B333

triadic

#B3B233 #33B3B2 #B233B3

tetradic

#B3B233 #33B372 #3334B3 #B33374

square

#B3B233 #33B372 #3334B3 #B33374

split-complementary

#B3B233 #3374B3 #7233B3

monochromatic

#545318 #838325 #B3B233 #CECE55 #DCDB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B3B233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B233

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B233	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)

#C1AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.143 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc874',
    500: '#b3b233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b233;
$custom-light: #cdc874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74184,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.41664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B233

secondary

#7C7DC6

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B233

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

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