#B3B239#B3B239

#B3B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.139 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B239
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -14.38, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 60.74, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0452 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.139 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2505, 41.7210, 10.0662)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B239 #393AB3

analogous

#B37539 #B3B239 #77B339

triadic

#B3B239 #39B3B2 #B239B3

tetradic

#B3B239 #39B375 #393AB3 #B33977

square

#B3B239 #39B375 #393AB3 #B33977

split-complementary

#B3B239 #3977B3 #7539B3

monochromatic

#56561B #85842A #B3B239 #CCCB5E #DADA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B3B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B239

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B239	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)

#C0AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.139 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc877',
    500: '#b3b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b239;
$custom-light: #cdc877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74228,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B239

secondary

#8383C5

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B239

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

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