#B3A234#B3A234

#B3A234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A234
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -6.30, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 56.91, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0229 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1320, 35.6738, 8.4414)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A234 #3445B3

analogous

#B36334 #B3A234 #84B334

triadic

#B3A234 #34B3A2 #A234B3

tetradic

#B3A234 #34B363 #3445B3 #B33484

square

#B3A234 #34B363 #3445B3 #B33484

split-complementary

#B3A234 #3484B3 #6334B3

monochromatic

#544C18 #847726 #B3A234 #CEBE56 #DCD086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B3A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A234

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A234	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)

#B19D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd72',
    500: '#b3a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a234;
$custom-light: #cdbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A234

secondary

#7D87C5

accent

#5DDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A234

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

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