#B3B535#B3B535

#B3B535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.145 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B535
RGB	rgb(179, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -16.12, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 63.40, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0505 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.145 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7581, 42.8895, 9.7623)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B535 #3735B5

analogous

#B57735 #B3B535 #73B535

triadic

#B3B535 #35B3B5 #B535B3

tetradic

#B3B535 #35B577 #3735B5 #B53573

square

#B3B535 #35B577 #3735B5 #B53573

split-complementary

#B3B535 #3573B5 #7735B5

monochromatic

#555619 #848627 #B3B535 #CDCE59 #DBDC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B3B535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B3B535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B535

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B535	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.145 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca75',
    500: '#b3b535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b535;
$custom-light: #cdca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7486,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B535

secondary

#8180C6

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B535

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

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