#B3BB33#B3BB33

#B3BB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.153 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB33
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 51)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -19.24, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 66.46, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0593 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.153 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9594, 45.3642, 9.9405)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB33 #3B33BB

analogous

#BB7F33 #B3BB33 #6FBB33

triadic

#B3BB33 #33B3BB #BB33B3

tetradic

#B3BB33 #33BB7F #3B33BB #BB336F

square

#B3BB33 #33BB7F #3B33BB #BB336F

split-complementary

#B3BB33 #336FBB #7F33BB

monochromatic

#575B19 #858B26 #B3BB33 #CBD259 #DADF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B3BB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#B3BB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB33

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB33	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.153 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf74',
    500: '#b3bb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb33;
$custom-light: #cdcf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76177,
    "c": 0.15265,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB33

secondary

#8581C9

accent

#47E050

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB33

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

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