#B3A031#B3A031

#B3A031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A031
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, -5.38, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 57.43, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0206 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7171, 34.9486, 7.9802)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A031 #3144B3

analogous

#B35F31 #B3A031 #85B331

triadic

#B3A031 #31B3A0 #A031B3

tetradic

#B3A031 #31B35F #3144B3 #B33185

square

#B3A031 #31B35F #3144B3 #B33185

split-complementary

#B3A031 #3185B3 #5F31B3

monochromatic

#534A17 #837524 #B3A031 #D0BD52 #DDCF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B3A031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B3A031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A031

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A031	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)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb71',
    500: '#b3a031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a031;
$custom-light: #cdbb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70257,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A031

secondary

#7A85C6

accent

#5EE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A031

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

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