#B3BB39#B3BB39

#B3BB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.149 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BB39
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -18.93, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 64.34, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0579 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.149 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1003, 45.4206, 10.6828)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BB39 #4139BB

analogous

#BB8239 #B3BB39 #72BB39

triadic

#B3BB39 #39B3BB #BB39B3

tetradic

#B3BB39 #39BB82 #4139BB #BB3972

square

#B3BB39 #39BB82 #4139BB #BB3972

split-complementary

#B3BB39 #3972BB #8239BB

monochromatic

#595D1C #868C2B #B3BB39 #C8CF62 #D9DD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B3BB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#B3BB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BB39

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BB39	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)

#C9B224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.149 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf78',
    500: '#b3bb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bb39;
$custom-light: #cdcf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.692,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76218,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BB39

secondary

#8B87C8

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BB39

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

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