#B3BA31#B3BA31

#B3BA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.153 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BA31
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -18.83, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 66.74, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0584 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.153 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7049, 44.9241, 9.6428)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BA31 #3831BA

analogous

#BA7C31 #B3BA31 #6EBA31

triadic

#B3BA31 #31B3BA #BA31B3

tetradic

#B3BA31 #31BA7C #3831BA #BA316E

square

#B3BA31 #31BA7C #3831BA #BA316E

split-complementary

#B3BA31 #316EBA #7C31BA

monochromatic

#565917 #848A24 #B3BA31 #CCD256 #DBDF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B3BA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#B3BA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BA31

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BA31	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ba31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.153 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce73',
    500: '#b3ba31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ba31;
$custom-light: #cdce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ba31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75942,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BA31

secondary

#827EC9

accent

#46E24E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BA31

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

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