#B3BA37#B3BA37

#B3BA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.149 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BA37
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -18.54, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 64.66, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.057 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.149 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8400, 44.9782, 10.3547)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BA37 #3E37BA

analogous

#BA8037 #B3BA37 #72BA37

triadic

#B3BA37 #37B3BA #BA37B3

tetradic

#B3BA37 #37BA80 #3E37BA #BA3772

square

#B3BA37 #37BA80 #3E37BA #BA3772

split-complementary

#B3BA37 #3772BA #8037BA

monochromatic

#585C1B #868B29 #B3BA37 #CAD05F #D9DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B3BA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#B3BA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BA37

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BA37	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.149 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce76',
    500: '#b3ba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ba37;
$custom-light: #cdce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75982,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BA37

secondary

#8885C8

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BA37

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

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