#B3B43A#B3B43A

#B3B43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.141 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B43A
RGB	rgb(179, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -15.34, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 61.14, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0478 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.141 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6766, 42.5327, 10.3325)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B43A #3B3AB4

analogous

#B4783A #B3B43A #76B43A

triadic

#B3B43A #3AB3B4 #B43AB3

tetradic

#B3B43A #3AB478 #3B3AB4 #B43A76

square

#B3B43A #3AB478 #3B3AB4 #B43A76

split-complementary

#B3B43A #3A76B4 #783AB4

monochromatic

#57571C #85862B #B3B43A #CBCC60 #DADB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B3B43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#B3B43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B43A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B43A	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.141 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca77',
    500: '#b3b43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b43a;
$custom-light: #cdca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.492,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74676,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B43A

secondary

#8585C5

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B43A

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

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