#B3A138#B3A138

#B3A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A138
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -5.55, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 54.98, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0203 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0505, 35.3605, 8.8776)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A138 #384AB3

analogous

#B36438 #B3A138 #87B338

triadic

#B3A138 #38B3A1 #A138B3

tetradic

#B3A138 #38B364 #384AB3 #B33887

square

#B3A138 #38B364 #384AB3 #B33887

split-complementary

#B3A138 #3887B3 #6438B3

monochromatic

#564D1B #847729 #B3A138 #CCBC5C #DBCF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B3A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B3A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A138

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A138	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)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbc75',
    500: '#b3a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a138;
$custom-light: #cdbc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70526,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A138

secondary

#828CC5

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A138

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

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