#B3BA49#B3BA49

#B3BA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.136 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BA49
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -17.43, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 57.55, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0521 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.136 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3529, 45.1833, 13.0556)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BA49 #5049BA

analogous

#BA8849 #B3BA49 #7ABA49

triadic

#B3BA49 #49B3BA #BA49B3

tetradic

#B3BA49 #49BA88 #5049BA #BA497A

square

#B3BA49 #49BA88 #5049BA #BA497A

split-complementary

#B3BA49 #497ABA #8849BA

monochromatic

#5F6326 #8A8F36 #B3BA49 #C6CB75 #D8DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B3BA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#B3BA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BA49

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BA49	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.136 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccce81',
    500: '#b3ba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ba49;
$custom-light: #ccce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.717,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76133,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BA49

secondary

#9996C8

accent

#53D55B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BA49

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

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