#B3B83E#B3B83E
#B3B83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.142 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3B83E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 184, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 50%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 66%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 66.3%, 27.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.37, -17.14, 58.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.37, 61.21, 106.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.59% -0.0524 0.1323) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.59% 0.142 111.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.6015, 44.2134, 11.1624) |
| Luminance | 0.4421 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.71
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.72
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.85
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 5.01
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 5.03
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 5.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3B83E #433EB8
analogous
#B8803E #B3B83E #76B83E
triadic
#B3B83E #3EB3B8 #B83EB3
tetradic
#B3B83E #3EB880 #433EB8 #B83E76
square
#B3B83E #3EB880 #433EB8 #B83E76
split-complementary
#B3B83E #3E76B8 #803EB8
monochromatic
#5A5C1F #868A2F #B3B83E #C8CC67 #D8DB95
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#B3B83E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.84
#B3B83E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3B83E
9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3B83E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3B83E | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.84 | 9.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B02D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B346
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFAD9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3b83e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 184, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.142 111.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdcd7a',
500: '#b3b83e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3b83e; $custom-light: #cdcd7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3b83e",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 184,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.459,
"s": 49.593,
"l": 48.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75592,
"c": 0.14226,
"h": 111.6
},
"luminance": 0.44212
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3B83E
secondary
#8D8BC7
accent
#4FD954
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8EE
border
#D2D1C9
text
#14130A
muted
#82827C