#B3B831#B3B831

#B3B831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.151 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B831
RGB	rgb(179, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -17.83, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 65.96, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0556 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.151 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2865, 44.0874, 9.5034)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B831 #3631B8

analogous

#B87931 #B3B831 #6FB831

triadic

#B3B831 #31B3B8 #B831B3

tetradic

#B3B831 #31B879 #3631B8 #B8316F

square

#B3B831 #31B879 #3631B8 #B8316F

split-complementary

#B3B831 #316FB8 #7931B8

monochromatic

#555717 #848824 #B3B831 #CDD255 #DBDE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B3B831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#B3B831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B831

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B831	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.151 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcd73',
    500: '#b3b831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b831;
$custom-light: #cdcd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75498,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B831

secondary

#807DC8

accent

#47E14C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B831

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

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