#B3A030#B3A030
#B3A030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3A030 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 160, 48) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 58%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 73%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 73.2%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.70, -5.43, 57.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.70, 57.81, 95.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.25% -0.0209 0.1273) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.25% 0.129 99.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.6962, 34.9402, 7.8703) |
| Luminance | 0.3494 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.90
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.95
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.21
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 5.25
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.42
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3A030 #3043B3
analogous
#B35F30 #B3A030 #84B330
triadic
#B3A030 #30B3A0 #A030B3
tetradic
#B3A030 #30B35F #3043B3 #B33084
square
#B3A030 #30B35F #3043B3 #B33084
split-complementary
#B3A030 #3084B3 #5F30B3
monochromatic
#524A16 #837523 #B3A030 #D0BE50 #DDD080
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#B3A030 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#B3A030 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3A030
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3A030 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3A030 | 1.00 | 2.63 | 7.99 | 7.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09C1D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A337
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1948A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3a030; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 48); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 99.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdbb70',
500: '#b3a030',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3a030; $custom-light: #cdbb70; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3a030",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 160,
"b": 48
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.298,
"s": 57.709,
"l": 44.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7025,
"c": 0.12897,
"h": 99.3
},
"luminance": 0.34939
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3A030
secondary
#7984C6
accent
#5DE147
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#83807B