#B3B536#B3B536

#B3B536 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	#B3B536
RGB	rgb(179, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -16.07, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 63.03, 104.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0502 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.145 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7813, 42.8988, 9.8848)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B536 #3836B5

analogous

#B57736 #B3B536 #73B536

triadic

#B3B536 #36B3B5 #B536B3

tetradic

#B3B536 #36B577 #3836B5 #B53673

square

#B3B536 #36B577 #3836B5 #B53673

split-complementary

#B3B536 #3673B5 #7736B5

monochromatic

#56571A #848628 #B3B536 #CCCE5A #DBDC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B3B536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B3B536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B536

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B536	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)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.145 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca75',
    500: '#b3b536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b536;
$custom-light: #cdca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.945,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74867,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B536

secondary

#8281C6

accent

#4ADD4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B536

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

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