#B3A239#B3A239

#B3A239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A239
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -6.03, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 54.91, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0216 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.124 100)
XYZ	xyz(32.2507, 35.7212, 9.0662)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A239 #394AB3

analogous

#B36539 #B3A239 #87B339

triadic

#B3A239 #39B3A2 #A239B3

tetradic

#B3A239 #39B365 #394AB3 #B33987

square

#B3A239 #39B365 #394AB3 #B33987

split-complementary

#B3A239 #3987B3 #6539B3

monochromatic

#564E1B #85782A #B3A239 #CCBC5E #DACF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B3A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A239

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A239	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)

#B19E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd75',
    500: '#b3a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a239;
$custom-light: #cdbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70749,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.3572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A239

secondary

#838CC5

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A239

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

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