#B3A22D#B3A22D

#B3A22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A22D
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -6.63, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 59.53, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0246 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9859, 35.6153, 7.6717)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A22D #2D3EB3

analogous

#B35F2D #B3A22D #81B32D

triadic

#B3A22D #2DB3A2 #A22DB3

tetradic

#B3A22D #2DB35F #2D3EB3 #B32D81

square

#B3A22D #2DB35F #2D3EB3 #B32D81

split-complementary

#B3A22D #2D81B3 #5F2DB3

monochromatic

#514914 #827621 #B3A22D #D2C14B #DED27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B3A22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B3A22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A22D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A22D	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)

#B29D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd6f',
    500: '#b3a22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a22d;
$custom-light: #cebd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70658,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A22D

secondary

#7580C7

accent

#59E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A22D

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

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