#B3BA36#B3BA36

#B3BA36 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	#B3BA36
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -18.59, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 65.02, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0573 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.15 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8163, 44.9687, 10.2297)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BA36 #3D36BA

analogous

#BA7F36 #B3BA36 #71BA36

triadic

#B3BA36 #36B3BA #BA36B3

tetradic

#B3BA36 #36BA7F #3D36BA #BA3671

square

#B3BA36 #36BA7F #3D36BA #BA3671

split-complementary

#B3BA36 #3671BA #7F36BA

monochromatic

#585B1A #858B28 #B3BA36 #CAD05D #D9DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B3BA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#B3BA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BA36

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BA36	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)

#C8B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.150 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce76',
    500: '#b3ba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ba36;
$custom-light: #cdce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75975,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BA36

secondary

#8784C8

accent

#49DE51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BA36

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

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