#B3B235#B3B235

#B3B235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.142 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B235
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -14.59, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 62.24, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0462 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.142 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.1547, 41.6826, 9.5612)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B235 #3536B3

analogous

#B37335 #B3B235 #75B335

triadic

#B3B235 #35B3B2 #B235B3

tetradic

#B3B235 #35B373 #3536B3 #B33575

square

#B3B235 #35B373 #3536B3 #B33575

split-complementary

#B3B235 #3575B3 #7335B3

monochromatic

#555419 #848327 #B3B235 #CDCD58 #DBDB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B3B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B235

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B235	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.142 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc875',
    500: '#b3b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b235;
$custom-light: #cdc875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74198,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.41682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B235

secondary

#7F7FC5

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B235

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

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