#B3B329#B3B329

#B3B329 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.150 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B329
RGB	rgb(179, 179, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -15.63, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 66.64, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0502 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.15 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1121, 41.9851, 8.3517)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B329 #2929B3

analogous

#B36E29 #B3B329 #6EB329

triadic

#B3B329 #29B3B3 #B329B3

tetradic

#B3B329 #29B36E #2929B3 #B3296E

square

#B3B329 #29B36E #2929B3 #B3296E

split-complementary

#B3B329 #296EB3 #6E29B3

monochromatic

#4F4F12 #81811E #B3B329 #D4D445 #E0E077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B3B329 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B3B329 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B329

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B329	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B329	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b329;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 179, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.150 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec96f',
    500: '#b3b329',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b329;
$custom-light: #cec96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b329",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74344,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B329

secondary

#7070C7

accent

#42E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B329

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

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