#B3A137#B3A137

#B3A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A137
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -5.61, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 55.39, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0206 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0263, 35.3508, 8.7501)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A137 #3749B3

analogous

#B36337 #B3A137 #87B337

triadic

#B3A137 #37B3A1 #A137B3

tetradic

#B3A137 #37B363 #3749B3 #B33787

square

#B3A137 #37B363 #3749B3 #B33787

split-complementary

#B3A137 #3787B3 #6337B3

monochromatic

#554D1A #847729 #B3A137 #CDBC5B #DBCF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B3A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B3A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A137

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A137	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)

#B09D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbc74',
    500: '#b3a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a137;
$custom-light: #cdbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A137

secondary

#818BC5

accent

#60DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A137

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

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