#B3BA40#B3BA40

#B3BA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.143 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BA40
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -18.03, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 61.26, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0547 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.143 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0758, 45.0725, 11.5963)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BA40 #4740BA

analogous

#BA8440 #B3BA40 #76BA40

triadic

#B3BA40 #40B3BA #BA40B3

tetradic

#B3BA40 #40BA84 #4740BA #BA4076

square

#B3BA40 #40BA84 #4740BA #BA4076

split-complementary

#B3BA40 #4076BA #8440BA

monochromatic

#5B5F21 #878C30 #B3BA40 #C7CC6B #D8DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B3BA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#B3BA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BA40

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BA40	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.143 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdce7b',
    500: '#b3ba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ba40;
$custom-light: #cdce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.443,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.14298,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BA40

secondary

#918EC8

accent

#4FD857

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BA40

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

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