#B3A230#B3A230

#B3A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.131 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A230
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -6.50, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 58.44, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0239 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.131 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0457, 35.6393, 7.9868)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A230 #3041B3

analogous

#B36130 #B3A230 #82B330

triadic

#B3A230 #30B3A2 #A230B3

tetradic

#B3A230 #30B361 #3041B3 #B33082

square

#B3A230 #30B361 #3041B3 #B33082

split-complementary

#B3A230 #3082B3 #6130B3

monochromatic

#524B16 #837623 #B3A230 #D0BF50 #DDD180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B3A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A230

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A230	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.131 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd70',
    500: '#b3a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a230;
$custom-light: #cdbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70679,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A230

secondary

#7983C6

accent

#5BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A230

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

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