#B3BA38#B3BA38

#B3BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.148 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BA38
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -18.48, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 64.30, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0568 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.149 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8642, 44.9879, 10.4822)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BA38 #3F38BA

analogous

#BA8038 #B3BA38 #72BA38

triadic

#B3BA38 #38B3BA #BA38B3

tetradic

#B3BA38 #38BA80 #3F38BA #BA3872

square

#B3BA38 #38BA80 #3F38BA #BA3872

split-complementary

#B3BA38 #3872BA #8038BA

monochromatic

#585C1C #868B2A #B3BA38 #C9CF60 #D9DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B3BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#B3BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BA38

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BA38	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)

#C8B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.148 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce77',
    500: '#b3ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ba38;
$custom-light: #cdce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75989,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BA38

secondary

#8986C8

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BA38

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

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