#B3A036#B3A036

#B3A036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A036
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -5.13, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 55.47, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0193 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8285, 34.9932, 8.5672)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A036 #3649B3

analogous

#B36136 #B3A036 #87B336

triadic

#B3A036 #36B3A0 #A036B3

tetradic

#B3A036 #36B361 #3649B3 #B33687

square

#B3A036 #36B361 #3649B3 #B33687

split-complementary

#B3A036 #3687B3 #6136B3

monochromatic

#554C1A #847628 #B3A036 #CDBB59 #DBCF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B3A036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B3A036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A036

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A036	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb73',
    500: '#b3a036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a036;
$custom-light: #cdbb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70295,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A036

secondary

#808AC5

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A036

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

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