#B3B555#B3B555

#B3B555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B3B555
RGBrgb(179, 181, 85)
HSLhsl(61, 39%, 52%)
HSVhsv(61, 53%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(1.1%, 0%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(71.75, -13.96, 47.97)
CIE-LCHlch(71.75, 49.96, 106.22°)
OKLaboklab(75.16% -0.041 0.1123)
OKLCHoklch(75.16% 0.12 110)
XYZxyz(36.7548, 43.2882, 15.0119)
Luminance0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B3B555 #5755B5
analogous
#B58755 #B3B555 #83B555
triadic
#B3B555 #55B3B5 #B555B3
tetradic
#B3B555 #55B587 #5755B5 #B55583
square
#B3B555 #55B587 #5755B5 #B55583
split-complementary
#B3B555 #5583B5 #8755B5
monochromatic
#63642C #8D8F3E #B3B555 #C6C880 #D9DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#B3B555 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66
#B3B555 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B555
9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B3B555#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B3B5551.002.179.669.66
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6621.001.001.00
##0000009.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2AE4C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B15A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEABA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b3b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccb88',
    500: '#b3b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b3b555;
$custom-light: #cccb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b3b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75162,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.43287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B3B555
secondary
#9F9EC8
accent
#59CF5B
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F9F8F0
border
#D2D1CB
text
#14130B
muted
#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B555

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

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#B3B555 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva