#B3BB38#B3BB38

#B3BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.150 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB38
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -18.99, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 64.71, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0582 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.15 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0756, 45.4107, 10.5527)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB38 #4038BB

analogous

#BB8138 #B3BB38 #72BB38

triadic

#B3BB38 #38B3BB #BB38B3

tetradic

#B3BB38 #38BB81 #4038BB #BB3872

square

#B3BB38 #38BB81 #4038BB #BB3872

split-complementary

#B3BB38 #3872BB #8138BB

monochromatic

#595D1C #868C2A #B3BB38 #C9D061 #D9DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B3BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#B3BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB38

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB38	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.150 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf77',
    500: '#b3bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb38;
$custom-light: #cdcf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.664,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76211,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB38

secondary

#8A86C8

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB38

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

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