#B3A032#B3A032
#B3A032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3A032 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 160, 50) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 56%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 72%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.1%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.72, -5.34, 56.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.72, 57.05, 95.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.26% -0.0204 0.1261) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.26% 0.128 99.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.7384, 34.9571, 8.0926) |
| Luminance | 0.3496 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.01
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.10
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.27
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 5.32
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.49
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3A032 #3245B3
analogous
#B36032 #B3A032 #85B332
triadic
#B3A032 #32B3A0 #A032B3
tetradic
#B3A032 #32B360 #3245B3 #B33285
square
#B3A032 #32B360 #3245B3 #B33285
split-complementary
#B3A032 #3285B3 #6032B3
monochromatic
#534A17 #837525 #B3A032 #CFBD53 #DCCF83
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#B3A032 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#B3A032 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3A032
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3A032 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3A032 | 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)
#B09C21
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A339
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1948A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3a032; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 50); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.128 99.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdbb71',
500: '#b3a032',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3a032; $custom-light: #cdbb71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3a032",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 160,
"b": 50
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.163,
"s": 56.332,
"l": 44.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70264,
"c": 0.12769,
"h": 99.2
},
"luminance": 0.34956
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3A032
secondary
#7B86C6
accent
#5EE048
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#83807B