#B3B52A#B3B52A

#B3B52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.151 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B52A
RGB	rgb(179, 181, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -16.61, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 67.07, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0528 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.151 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5335, 42.7996, 8.5794)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B52A #2C2AB5

analogous

#B5712A #B3B52A #6DB52A

triadic

#B3B52A #2AB3B5 #B52AB3

tetradic

#B3B52A #2AB571 #2C2AB5 #B52A6D

square

#B3B52A #2AB571 #2C2AB5 #B52A6D

split-complementary

#B3B52A #2A6DB5 #712AB5

monochromatic

#515213 #82831E #B3B52A #D2D448 #DFE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B3B52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B3B52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B52A

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B52A	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 181, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.151 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca70',
    500: '#b3b52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b52a;
$custom-light: #ceca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74792,
    "c": 0.15143,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B52A

secondary

#7473C8

accent

#42E545

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B52A

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

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