#B3A233#B3A233

#B3A233 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	#B3A233
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -6.35, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 57.30, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0231 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1097, 35.6649, 8.3240)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A233 #3344B3

analogous

#B36233 #B3A233 #84B333

triadic

#B3A233 #33B3A2 #A233B3

tetradic

#B3A233 #33B362 #3344B3 #B33384

square

#B3A233 #33B362 #3344B3 #B33384

split-complementary

#B3A233 #3384B3 #6233B3

monochromatic

#544C18 #837725 #B3A233 #CEBE55 #DCD084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B3A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A233

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A233	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)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd72',
    500: '#b3a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a233;
$custom-light: #cdbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70701,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A233

secondary

#7C86C6

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A233

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

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