#B3B72A#B3B72A

#B3B72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.153 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B72A
RGB	rgb(179, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -17.62, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 67.81, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0556 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.153 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9431, 43.6188, 8.7159)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B72A #2E2AB7

analogous

#B7752A #B3B72A #6DB72A

triadic

#B3B72A #2AB3B7 #B72AB3

tetradic

#B3B72A #2AB775 #2E2AB7 #B72A6D

square

#B3B72A #2AB775 #2E2AB7 #B72A6D

split-complementary

#B3B72A #2A6DB7 #752AB7

monochromatic

#525313 #82851F #B3B72A #D1D549 #DEE17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B3B72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B3B72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B72A

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B72A	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.153 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecc70',
    500: '#b3b72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b72a;
$custom-light: #cecc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.702,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75235,
    "c": 0.15343,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B72A

secondary

#7674C9

accent

#42E647

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B72A

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

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