#B3B827#B3B827

#B3B827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.156 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B827
RGB	rgb(179, 184, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -18.24, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 69.06, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0576 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.156 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0984, 44.0121, 8.5127)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B827 #2C27B8

analogous

#B87427 #B3B827 #6AB827

triadic

#B3B827 #27B3B8 #B827B3

tetradic

#B3B827 #27B874 #2C27B8 #B8276A

square

#B3B827 #27B874 #2C27B8 #B8276A

split-complementary

#B3B827 #276AB8 #7427B8

monochromatic

#515312 #82861C #B3B827 #D2D845 #DFE277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B3B827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B3B827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B827

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B827	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 184, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.156 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd6f',
    500: '#b3b827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b827;
$custom-light: #cecd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75441,
    "c": 0.15588,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B827

secondary

#7471CA

accent

#40E846

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B827

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

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