#B3A136#B3A136

#B3A136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A136
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -5.66, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 55.80, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0209 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.126 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0026, 35.3413, 8.6252)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A136 #3648B3

analogous

#B36236 #B3A136 #86B336

triadic

#B3A136 #36B3A1 #A136B3

tetradic

#B3A136 #36B362 #3648B3 #B33686

square

#B3A136 #36B362 #3648B3 #B33686

split-complementary

#B3A136 #3686B3 #6236B3

monochromatic

#554C1A #847728 #B3A136 #CDBC59 #DBCF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B3A136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B3A136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A136

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A136	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbc73',
    500: '#b3a136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a136;
$custom-light: #cdbc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7051,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A136

secondary

#808AC5

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A136

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

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