#B3B72E#B3B72E

#B3B72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.151 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B72E
RGB	rgb(179, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -17.46, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 66.56, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0548 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.151 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0183, 43.6489, 9.1120)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B72E #322EB7

analogous

#B7772E #B3B72E #6EB72E

triadic

#B3B72E #2EB3B7 #B72EB3

tetradic

#B3B72E #2EB777 #322EB7 #B72E6E

square

#B3B72E #2EB777 #322EB7 #B72E6E

split-complementary

#B3B72E #2E6EB7 #772EB7

monochromatic

#535515 #838622 #B3B72E #CFD34F #DCDF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B3B72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B3B72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B72E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B72E	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.151 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcc72',
    500: '#b3b72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b72e;
$custom-light: #cdcc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B72E

secondary

#7B79C8

accent

#45E349

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B72E

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

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