#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
RGB	rgb(179, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -13.96, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 49.96, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.041 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.12 110)
XYZ	xyz(36.7548, 43.2882, 15.0119)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##B3B555	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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