#B3A240#B3A240

#B3A240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A240
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -5.60, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 51.92, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0195 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4375, 35.7960, 10.0502)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A240 #4051B3

analogous

#B36840 #B3A240 #8BB340

triadic

#B3A240 #40B3A2 #A240B3

tetradic

#B3A240 #40B368 #4051B3 #B3408B

square

#B3A240 #40B368 #4051B3 #B3408B

split-complementary

#B3A240 #408BB3 #6840B3

monochromatic

#595020 #867930 #B3A240 #C9BA67 #D9CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B3A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A240

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A240	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)

#B19E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd79',
    500: '#b3a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a240;
$custom-light: #cdbd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70813,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A240

secondary

#8A93C4

accent

#65D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A240

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

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