#B3A02A#B3A02A

#B3A02A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A02A
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -5.70, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 59.97, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0222 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5807, 34.8940, 7.2618)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A02A #2A3DB3

analogous

#B35B2A #B3A02A #81B32A

triadic

#B3A02A #2AB3A0 #A02AB3

tetradic

#B3A02A #2AB35B #2A3DB3 #B32A81

square

#B3A02A #2AB35B #2A3DB3 #B32A81

split-complementary

#B3A02A #2A81B3 #5B2AB3

monochromatic

#504713 #81741E #B3A02A #D4C046 #DFD178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B3A02A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B3A02A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A02A

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A02A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A02A	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a02a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb6d',
    500: '#b3a02a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a02a;
$custom-light: #cebb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a02a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7021,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A02A

secondary

#727DC7

accent

#59E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A02A

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

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