#B3B440#B3B440

#B3B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B440
RGB	rgb(179, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -14.99, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 58.76, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0462 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.137 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8382, 42.5974, 11.1838)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B440 #4140B4

analogous

#B47B40 #B3B440 #79B440

triadic

#B3B440 #40B3B4 #B440B3

tetradic

#B3B440 #40B47B #4140B4 #B44079

square

#B3B440 #40B47B #4140B4 #B44079

split-complementary

#B3B440 #4079B4 #7B40B4

monochromatic

#595A20 #868730 #B3B440 #C8C968 #D9D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B3B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B3B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B440

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B440	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca7b',
    500: '#b3b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b440;
$custom-light: #cdca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.517,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74726,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B440

secondary

#8B8BC5

accent

#51D752

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B440

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

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