#B3A22E#B3A22E

#B3A22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A22E
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -6.59, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 59.17, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0243 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0054, 35.6231, 7.7743)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A22E #2E3FB3

analogous

#B3602E #B3A22E #82B32E

triadic

#B3A22E #2EB3A2 #A22EB3

tetradic

#B3A22E #2EB360 #2E3FB3 #B32E82

square

#B3A22E #2EB360 #2E3FB3 #B32E82

split-complementary

#B3A22E #2E82B3 #602EB3

monochromatic

#524A15 #827621 #B3A22E #D1C04D #DED17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#B3A22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A22E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A22E	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	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)

#B29D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd6f',
    500: '#b3a22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a22e;
$custom-light: #cdbd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70665,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A22E

secondary

#7681C6

accent

#5AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A22E

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

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