#B3BA35#B3BA35

#B3BA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.150 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BA35
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -18.64, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 65.37, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0575 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.15 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7931, 44.9594, 10.1073)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BA35 #3C35BA

analogous

#BA7F35 #B3BA35 #71BA35

triadic

#B3BA35 #35B3BA #BA35B3

tetradic

#B3BA35 #35BA7F #3C35BA #BA3571

square

#B3BA35 #35BA7F #3C35BA #BA3571

split-complementary

#B3BA35 #3571BA #7F35BA

monochromatic

#575B1A #858A27 #B3BA35 #CAD05C #DADE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B3BA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#B3BA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BA35

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BA35	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)

#C8B11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ba35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.150 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce75',
    500: '#b3ba35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ba35;
$custom-light: #cdce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ba35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75968,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BA35

secondary

#8682C8

accent

#49DF51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BA35

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

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