#B3A23D#B3A23D

#B3A23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A23D
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -5.79, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 53.22, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0204 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3544, 35.7627, 9.6126)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A23D #3D4EB3

analogous

#B3673D #B3A23D #89B33D

triadic

#B3A23D #3DB3A2 #A23DB3

tetradic

#B3A23D #3DB367 #3D4EB3 #B33D89

square

#B3A23D #3DB367 #3D4EB3 #B33D89

split-complementary

#B3A23D #3D89B3 #673DB3

monochromatic

#584F1E #85792D #B3A23D #CABB63 #D9CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B3A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A23D

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A23D	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)

#B19E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd78',
    500: '#b3a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a23d;
$custom-light: #cdbd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70785,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A23D

secondary

#8790C5

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A23D

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

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