#B3A236#B3A236

#B3A236 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	#B3A236
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -6.19, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 56.12, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0224 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1780, 35.6922, 8.6837)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A236 #3647B3

analogous

#B36336 #B3A236 #85B336

triadic

#B3A236 #36B3A2 #A236B3

tetradic

#B3A236 #36B363 #3647B3 #B33685

square

#B3A236 #36B363 #3647B3 #B33685

split-complementary

#B3A236 #3685B3 #6336B3

monochromatic

#554D1A #847728 #B3A236 #CDBD59 #DBD088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B3A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A236

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A236	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)

#B19D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd73',
    500: '#b3a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a236;
$custom-light: #cdbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70724,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A236

secondary

#8089C5

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A236

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

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