#B3A238#B3A238

#B3A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A238
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -6.08, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 55.32, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0218 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(32.2260, 35.7114, 8.9361)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A238 #3849B3

analogous

#B36438 #B3A238 #86B338

triadic

#B3A238 #38B3A2 #A238B3

tetradic

#B3A238 #38B364 #3849B3 #B33886

square

#B3A238 #38B364 #3849B3 #B33886

split-complementary

#B3A238 #3886B3 #6438B3

monochromatic

#564E1B #847829 #B3A238 #CCBD5C #DBD08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B3A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A238

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A238	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)

#B19E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd75',
    500: '#b3a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a238;
$custom-light: #cdbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70741,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.3571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A238

secondary

#828BC5

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A238

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

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