#B3A01E#B3A01E

#B3A01E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A01E
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -6.12, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 63.66, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0245 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3972, 34.8206, 6.2953)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A01E #1E31B3

analogous

#B3551E #B3A01E #7BB31E

triadic

#B3A01E #1EB3A0 #A01EB3

tetradic

#B3A01E #1EB355 #1E31B3 #B31E7B

square

#B3A01E #1EB355 #1E31B3 #B31E7B

split-complementary

#B3A01E #1E7BB3 #551EB3

monochromatic

#4A420C #7F7115 #B3A01E #DDC732 #E5D566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B3A01E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B3A01E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A01E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A01E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A01E	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a01e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb68',
    500: '#b3a01e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a01e;
$custom-light: #cebb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a01e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.349,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70146,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A01E

secondary

#6270CB

accent

#51EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A01E

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

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