#B3B249#B3B249

#B3B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.127 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B249
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -13.36, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 54.11, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0406 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.127 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7145, 41.9065, 12.5095)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B249 #494AB3

analogous

#B37D49 #B3B249 #7FB349

triadic

#B3B249 #49B3B2 #B249B3

tetradic

#B3B249 #49B37D #494AB3 #B3497F

square

#B3B249 #49B37D #494AB3 #B3497F

split-complementary

#B3B249 #497FB3 #7D49B3

monochromatic

#5C5C26 #888737 #B3B249 #C6C573 #D8D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B3B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B3B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B249

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B249	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.127 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc880',
    500: '#b3b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b249;
$custom-light: #ccc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74371,
    "c": 0.12714,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B249

secondary

#9394C4

accent

#57D256

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B249

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

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