#B3A11E#B3A11E

#B3A11E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.139 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A11E
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -6.66, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 63.95, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.026 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.139 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5712, 35.1687, 6.3533)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A11E #1E30B3

analogous

#B3561E #B3A11E #7AB31E

triadic

#B3A11E #1EB3A1 #A11EB3

tetradic

#B3A11E #1EB356 #1E30B3 #B31E7A

square

#B3A11E #1EB356 #1E30B3 #B31E7A

split-complementary

#B3A11E #1E7AB3 #561EB3

monochromatic

#4A430C #7F7215 #B3A11E #DDC832 #E5D666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B3A11E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B3A11E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A11E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A11E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A11E	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a11e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.139 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebc68',
    500: '#b3a11e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a11e;
$custom-light: #cebc68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a11e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70361,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A11E

secondary

#626FCB

accent

#50EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A11E

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

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