#B3A21E#B3A21E

#B3A21E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A21E
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -7.18, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 64.23, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0274 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7467, 35.5196, 6.4118)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A21E #1E2FB3

analogous

#B3571E #B3A21E #79B31E

triadic

#B3A21E #1EB3A2 #A21EB3

tetradic

#B3A21E #1EB357 #1E2FB3 #B31E79

square

#B3A21E #1EB357 #1E2FB3 #B31E79

split-complementary

#B3A21E #1E79B3 #571EB3

monochromatic

#4A430C #7F7315 #B3A21E #DDC932 #E5D766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B3A21E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B3A21E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A21E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A21E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A21E	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a21e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd68',
    500: '#b3a21e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a21e;
$custom-light: #cebd68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a21e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70577,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A21E

secondary

#626ECB

accent

#4EEE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A21E

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

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