#B3A23F#B3A23F

#B3A23F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A23F
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -5.67, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 52.36, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0198 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4093, 35.7847, 9.9017)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A23F #3F50B3

analogous

#B3683F #B3A23F #8AB33F

triadic

#B3A23F #3FB3A2 #A23FB3

tetradic

#B3A23F #3FB368 #3F50B3 #B33F8A

square

#B3A23F #3FB368 #3F50B3 #B33F8A

split-complementary

#B3A23F #3F8AB3 #683FB3

monochromatic

#58501F #86792F #B3A23F #C9BB66 #D9CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B3A23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A23F

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A23F	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd79',
    500: '#b3a23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a23f;
$custom-light: #cdbd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 47.934,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70803,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A23F

secondary

#8992C4

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A23F

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

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