#B3B53A#B3B53A

#B3B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.142 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B53A
RGB	rgb(179, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -15.85, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 61.54, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0492 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.142 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8792, 42.9379, 10.4000)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B53A #3C3AB5

analogous

#B57A3A #B3B53A #75B53A

triadic

#B3B53A #3AB3B5 #B53AB3

tetradic

#B3B53A #3AB57A #3C3AB5 #B53A75

square

#B3B53A #3AB57A #3C3AB5 #B53A75

split-complementary

#B3B53A #3A75B5 #7A3AB5

monochromatic

#57581C #85872B #B3B53A #CACC60 #DADB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B3B53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B3B53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B53A

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B53A	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.142 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca78',
    500: '#b3b53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b53a;
$custom-light: #cdca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74897,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B53A

secondary

#8685C6

accent

#4DDB4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B53A

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

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