#B3B236#B3B236

#B3B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.141 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B236
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -14.54, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 61.87, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0459 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.141 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1779, 41.6919, 9.6836)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B236 #3637B3

analogous

#B37336 #B3B236 #75B336

triadic

#B3B236 #36B3B2 #B236B3

tetradic

#B3B236 #36B373 #3637B3 #B33675

square

#B3B236 #36B373 #3637B3 #B33675

split-complementary

#B3B236 #3675B3 #7336B3

monochromatic

#55541A #848328 #B3B236 #CDCC59 #DBDB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B3B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B236

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B236	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)

#C0AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.141 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc875',
    500: '#b3b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b236;
$custom-light: #cdc875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74205,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B236

secondary

#8080C5

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B236

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

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