#B3A231#B3A231

#B3A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A231
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -6.45, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 58.07, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0236 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0666, 35.6476, 8.0967)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A231 #3142B3

analogous

#B36131 #B3A231 #83B331

triadic

#B3A231 #31B3A2 #A231B3

tetradic

#B3A231 #31B361 #3142B3 #B33183

square

#B3A231 #31B361 #3142B3 #B33183

split-complementary

#B3A231 #3183B3 #6131B3

monochromatic

#534B17 #837724 #B3A231 #D0BF52 #DDD182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B3A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A231

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A231	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)

#B29D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd71',
    500: '#b3a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a231;
$custom-light: #cdbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70686,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A231

secondary

#7A84C6

accent

#5BE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A231

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

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