#B3B736#B3B736

#B3B736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.147 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B736
RGB	rgb(179, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -17.08, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 63.82, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.053 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.147 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1909, 43.7180, 10.0213)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B736 #3A36B7

analogous

#B77B36 #B3B736 #73B736

triadic

#B3B736 #36B3B7 #B736B3

tetradic

#B3B736 #36B77B #3A36B7 #B73673

square

#B3B736 #36B77B #3A36B7 #B73673

split-complementary

#B3B736 #3673B7 #7B36B7

monochromatic

#57581A #858828 #B3B736 #CBCF5B #DADD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B3B736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B3B736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B736

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B736	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.147 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcc76',
    500: '#b3b736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b736;
$custom-light: #cdcc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.86,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75309,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B736

secondary

#8482C7

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B736

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

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