#B3A237#B3A237

#B3A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A237
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -6.14, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 55.72, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0221 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2018, 35.7017, 8.8086)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A237 #3748B3

analogous

#B36437 #B3A237 #86B337

triadic

#B3A237 #37B3A2 #A237B3

tetradic

#B3A237 #37B364 #3748B3 #B33786

square

#B3A237 #37B364 #3748B3 #B33786

split-complementary

#B3A237 #3786B3 #6437B3

monochromatic

#554D1A #847829 #B3A237 #CDBD5B #DBD08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B3A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A237

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A237	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd74',
    500: '#b3a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a237;
$custom-light: #cdbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70732,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A237

secondary

#818AC5

accent

#5FDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A237

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

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