#B3B52E#B3B52E

#B3B52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.149 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B52E
RGB	rgb(179, 181, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -16.45, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 65.80, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.052 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.149 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6087, 42.8297, 8.9754)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B52E #302EB5

analogous

#B5742E #B3B52E #70B52E

triadic

#B3B52E #2EB3B5 #B52EB3

tetradic

#B3B52E #2EB574 #302EB5 #B52E70

square

#B3B52E #2EB574 #302EB5 #B52E70

split-complementary

#B3B52E #2E70B5 #742EB5

monochromatic

#525315 #838422 #B3B52E #D0D24E #DDDE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B3B52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B3B52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B52E

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B52E	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 181, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.149 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca71',
    500: '#b3b52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b52e;
$custom-light: #cdca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74814,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B52E

secondary

#7978C7

accent

#45E347

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B52E

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

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