#B3B53D#B3B53D

#B3B53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B53D
RGB	rgb(179, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -15.68, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 60.37, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0484 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.14 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9577, 42.9693, 10.8137)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B53D #3F3DB5

analogous

#B57B3D #B3B53D #77B53D

triadic

#B3B53D #3DB3B5 #B53DB3

tetradic

#B3B53D #3DB57B #3F3DB5 #B53D77

square

#B3B53D #3DB57B #3F3DB5 #B53D77

split-complementary

#B3B53D #3D77B5 #7B3DB5

monochromatic

#58591E #86872E #B3B53D #C9CB64 #D9DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B3B53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B3B53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B53D

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B53D	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)

#C3AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcb79',
    500: '#b3b53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b53d;
$custom-light: #cdcb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B53D

secondary

#8988C5

accent

#4FD951

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B53D

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

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