#B3B427#B3B427

#B3B427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.152 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B427
RGB	rgb(179, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -16.22, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 67.60, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.052 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.152 110)
XYZ	xyz(35.2792, 42.3738, 8.2396)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B427 #2827B4

analogous

#B46F27 #B3B427 #6CB427

triadic

#B3B427 #27B3B4 #B427B3

tetradic

#B3B427 #27B46F #2827B4 #B4276C

square

#B3B427 #27B46F #2827B4 #B4276C

split-complementary

#B3B427 #276CB4 #6F27B4

monochromatic

#4F4F11 #81821C #B3B427 #D5D642 #E0E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B3B427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B3B427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B427

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B427	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.152 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca6e',
    500: '#b3b427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b427;
$custom-light: #ceca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74555,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.42373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B427

secondary

#6F6FC8

accent

#40E742

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B427

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

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