#B3A232#B3A232

#B3A232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A232
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -6.40, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 57.69, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0234 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0879, 35.6561, 8.2091)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A232 #3243B3

analogous

#B36132 #B3A232 #84B332

triadic

#B3A232 #32B3A2 #A232B3

tetradic

#B3A232 #32B361 #3243B3 #B33284

square

#B3A232 #32B361 #3243B3 #B33284

split-complementary

#B3A232 #3284B3 #6132B3

monochromatic

#534B17 #837725 #B3A232 #CFBF53 #DCD183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B3A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A232

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A232	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)

#B19D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd71',
    500: '#b3a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a232;
$custom-light: #cdbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70693,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A232

secondary

#7B85C6

accent

#5CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A232

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →