#B3B828#B3B828

#B3B828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.155 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B828
RGB	rgb(179, 184, 40)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 78.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -18.20, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 68.78, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0574 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.155 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1152, 44.0188, 8.6011)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B828 #2D28B8

analogous

#B87528 #B3B828 #6BB828

triadic

#B3B828 #28B3B8 #B828B3

tetradic

#B3B828 #28B875 #2D28B8 #B8286B

square

#B3B828 #28B875 #2D28B8 #B8286B

split-complementary

#B3B828 #286BB8 #7528B8

monochromatic

#515312 #82861D #B3B828 #D2D746 #DEE279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B3B828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B3B828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B828

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B828	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)

#C7B335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 184, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.155 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd6f',
    500: '#b3b828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b828;
$custom-light: #cecd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75446,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B828

secondary

#7572CA

accent

#41E746

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B828

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

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