#B3A22A#B3A22A

#B3A22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A22A
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -6.76, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 60.58, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0252 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9302, 35.5930, 7.3783)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A22A #2A3BB3

analogous

#B35D2A #B3A22A #7FB32A

triadic

#B3A22A #2AB3A2 #A22AB3

tetradic

#B3A22A #2AB35D #2A3BB3 #B32A7F

square

#B3A22A #2AB35D #2A3BB3 #B32A7F

split-complementary

#B3A22A #2A7FB3 #5D2AB3

monochromatic

#504813 #81751E #B3A22A #D4C246 #DFD378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B3A22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B3A22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A22A

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A22A	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd6d',
    500: '#b3a22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a22a;
$custom-light: #cebd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70639,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A22A

secondary

#727CC7

accent

#57E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A22A

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

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