#B3B431#B3B431

#B3B431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.147 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B431
RGB	rgb(179, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -15.80, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 64.42, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.05 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.147 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4673, 42.4490, 9.2303)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B431 #3231B4

analogous

#B47431 #B3B431 #72B431

triadic

#B3B431 #31B3B4 #B431B3

tetradic

#B3B431 #31B474 #3231B4 #B43172

square

#B3B431 #31B474 #3231B4 #B43172

split-complementary

#B3B431 #3172B4 #7431B4

monochromatic

#535417 #838424 #B3B431 #CFD052 #DCDD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B3B431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B3B431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B431

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B431	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.147 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca73',
    500: '#b3b431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b431;
$custom-light: #cdca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74612,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B431

secondary

#7B7BC6

accent

#47E049

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B431

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

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