#B3B41B#B3B41B

#B3B41B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.157 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B41B
RGB	rgb(179, 180, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -16.59, 68.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 70.67, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0538 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.157 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1109, 42.3064, 7.3531)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B41B #1C1BB4

analogous

#B4681B #B3B41B #66B41B

triadic

#B3B41B #1BB3B4 #B41BB3

tetradic

#B3B41B #1BB468 #1C1BB4 #B41B66

square

#B3B41B #1BB468 #1C1BB4 #B41B66

split-complementary

#B3B41B #1B66B4 #681BB4

monochromatic

#494A0B #7E7F13 #B3B41B #DEDF2D #E7E762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B3B41B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B3B41B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B41B

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B41B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B41B	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b41b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 180, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.157 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca6a',
    500: '#b3b41b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b41b;
$custom-light: #ceca6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b41b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74503,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B41B

secondary

#5F5FCC

accent

#37F138

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B41B

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

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