#B3B530#B3B530

#B3B530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.148 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B530
RGB	rgb(179, 181, 48)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -16.36, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 65.14, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0516 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.148 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6490, 42.8459, 9.1879)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B530 #3230B5

analogous

#B57430 #B3B530 #71B530

triadic

#B3B530 #30B3B5 #B530B3

tetradic

#B3B530 #30B574 #3230B5 #B53071

square

#B3B530 #30B574 #3230B5 #B53071

split-complementary

#B3B530 #3071B5 #7430B5

monochromatic

#535416 #838523 #B3B530 #CFD151 #DCDE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B3B530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B3B530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B530

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B530	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#C4AD14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 181, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.148 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca72',
    500: '#b3b530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b530;
$custom-light: #cdca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74827,
    "c": 0.14819,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B530

secondary

#7B7AC7

accent

#46E149

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B530

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

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