#B3B237#B3B237

#B3B237 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	#B3B237
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -14.49, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 61.50, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0457 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.141 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2016, 41.7014, 9.8086)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B237 #3738B3

analogous

#B37437 #B3B237 #76B337

triadic

#B3B237 #37B3B2 #B237B3

tetradic

#B3B237 #37B374 #3738B3 #B33776

square

#B3B237 #37B374 #3738B3 #B33776

split-complementary

#B3B237 #3776B3 #7437B3

monochromatic

#55551A #848329 #B3B237 #CDCC5B #DBDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B3B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B237

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B237	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)

#C0AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.141 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc876',
    500: '#b3b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b237;
$custom-light: #cdc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74213,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B237

secondary

#8181C5

accent

#4DDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B237

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

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