#B3B855#B3B855

#B3B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.123 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B855
RGB	rgb(179, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -15.49, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 51.32, 107.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0453 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.123 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3714, 44.5213, 15.2174)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B855 #5A55B8

analogous

#B88B55 #B3B855 #82B855

triadic

#B3B855 #55B3B8 #B855B3

tetradic

#B3B855 #55B88B #5A55B8 #B85582

square

#B3B855 #55B88B #5A55B8 #B85582

split-complementary

#B3B855 #5582B8 #8B55B8

monochromatic

#64672B #8E933D #B3B855 #C6CA80 #DADCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B3B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B3B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B855

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B855	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.123 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccd88',
    500: '#b3b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b855;
$custom-light: #cccd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.03,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75821,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B855

secondary

#A19FCA

accent

#57D15D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B855

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

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