#B3B840#B3B840

#B3B840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.141 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B840
RGB	rgb(179, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -17.02, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 60.42, 106.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0519 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.141 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6574, 44.2357, 11.4568)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B840 #4540B8

analogous

#B88140 #B3B840 #77B840

triadic

#B3B840 #40B3B8 #B840B3

tetradic

#B3B840 #40B881 #4540B8 #B84077

square

#B3B840 #40B881 #4540B8 #B84077

split-complementary

#B3B840 #4077B8 #8140B8

monochromatic

#5B5D20 #878B30 #B3B840 #C7CB6A #D8DB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B3B840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B3B840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B840

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B840	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.141 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcd7b',
    500: '#b3b840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b840;
$custom-light: #cdcd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75608,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B840

secondary

#8F8DC7

accent

#50D856

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B840

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

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