#B3A131#B3A131

#B3A131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A131
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -5.92, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 57.75, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0221 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8912, 35.2967, 8.0383)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A131 #3143B3

analogous

#B36031 #B3A131 #84B331

triadic

#B3A131 #31B3A1 #A131B3

tetradic

#B3A131 #31B360 #3143B3 #B33184

square

#B3A131 #31B360 #3143B3 #B33184

split-complementary

#B3A131 #3184B3 #6031B3

monochromatic

#534B17 #837624 #B3A131 #D0BE52 #DDD082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B3A131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B3A131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A131

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A131	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbc71',
    500: '#b3a131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a131;
$custom-light: #cdbc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70471,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A131

secondary

#7A84C6

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A131

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

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