#B3B331#B3B331

#B3B331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.146 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B331
RGB	rgb(179, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -15.29, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 64.04, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0485 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.146 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2662, 42.0467, 9.1633)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B331 #3131B3

analogous

#B37231 #B3B331 #72B331

triadic

#B3B331 #31B3B3 #B331B3

tetradic

#B3B331 #31B372 #3131B3 #B33172

square

#B3B331 #31B372 #3131B3 #B33172

split-complementary

#B3B331 #3172B3 #7231B3

monochromatic

#535317 #838324 #B3B331 #D0D052 #DDDD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B3B331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B3B331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B331

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B331	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.146 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc973',
    500: '#b3b331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b331;
$custom-light: #cdc973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74391,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B331

secondary

#7A7AC6

accent

#48E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B331

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

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