#B3BA33#B3BA33
#B3BA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.152 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3BA33 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 186, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 57%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 73%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 72.6%, 27.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.85, -18.74, 63.35) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.85, 66.06, 106.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.96% -0.058 0.1401) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.96% 0.152 112.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.7480, 44.9414, 9.8701) |
| Luminance | 0.4494 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.52
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.83
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.58
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.78
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.23
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3BA33 #3A33BA
analogous
#BA7E33 #B3BA33 #70BA33
triadic
#B3BA33 #33B3BA #BA33B3
tetradic
#B3BA33 #33BA7E #3A33BA #BA3370
square
#B3BA33 #33BA7E #3A33BA #BA3370
split-complementary
#B3BA33 #3370BA #7E33BA
monochromatic
#575A19 #858A26 #B3BA33 #CBD159 #DADF89
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#B3BA33 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.99
#B3BA33 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3BA33
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3BA33 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3BA33 | 1.00 | 2.10 | 9.99 | 9.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B119
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B43E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFAFA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3ba33; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.152 112.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdce74',
500: '#b3ba33',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3ba33; $custom-light: #cdce74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3ba33",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 186,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.111,
"s": 56.962,
"l": 46.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75955,
"c": 0.1516,
"h": 112.5
},
"luminance": 0.44941
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3BA33
secondary
#8480C9
accent
#48E04F
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9ED
border
#D3D2C8
text
#141309
muted
#83827B