#B3A23B#B3A23B

#B3A23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A23B
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 67%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -5.91, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 54.07, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.021 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3016, 35.7416, 9.3342)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A23B #3B4CB3

analogous

#B3663B #B3A23B #88B33B

triadic

#B3A23B #3BB3A2 #A23BB3

tetradic

#B3A23B #3BB366 #3B4CB3 #B33B88

square

#B3A23B #3BB366 #3B4CB3 #B33B88

split-complementary

#B3A23B #3B88B3 #663BB3

monochromatic

#574F1D #85782C #B3A23B #CBBC60 #DACF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B3A23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A23B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A23B	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd76',
    500: '#b3a23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a23b;
$custom-light: #cdbd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70766,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A23B

secondary

#858EC5

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A23B

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

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