#B3A235#B3A235

#B3A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A235
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -6.25, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 56.52, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0226 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1548, 35.6829, 8.5612)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A235 #3546B3

analogous

#B36335 #B3A235 #85B335

triadic

#B3A235 #35B3A2 #A235B3

tetradic

#B3A235 #35B363 #3546B3 #B33585

square

#B3A235 #35B363 #3546B3 #B33585

split-complementary

#B3A235 #3585B3 #6335B3

monochromatic

#554D19 #847727 #B3A235 #CDBE58 #DBD087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B3A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A235

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A235	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd73',
    500: '#b3a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a235;
$custom-light: #cdbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A235

secondary

#7F88C5

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A235

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

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