#B3A033#B3A033

#B3A033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A033
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -5.29, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 56.66, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0201 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7602, 34.9659, 8.2075)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A033 #3346B3

analogous

#B36033 #B3A033 #86B333

triadic

#B3A033 #33B3A0 #A033B3

tetradic

#B3A033 #33B360 #3346B3 #B33386

square

#B3A033 #33B360 #3346B3 #B33386

split-complementary

#B3A033 #3386B3 #6033B3

monochromatic

#544B18 #837525 #B3A033 #CEBC55 #DCCF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B3A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#B3A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A033

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A033	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb72',
    500: '#b3a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a033;
$custom-light: #cdbb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70272,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A033

secondary

#7C87C6

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A033

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

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