#B3A31E#B3A31E

#B3A31E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.141 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A31E
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -7.71, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 64.52, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0289 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.141 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9235, 35.8733, 6.4708)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A31E #1E2EB3

analogous

#B3581E #B3A31E #78B31E

triadic

#B3A31E #1EB3A3 #A31EB3

tetradic

#B3A31E #1EB358 #1E2EB3 #B31E78

square

#B3A31E #1EB358 #1E2EB3 #B31E78

split-complementary

#B3A31E #1E78B3 #581EB3

monochromatic

#4A440C #7F7315 #B3A31E #DDCA32 #E5D866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A31E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B3A31E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A31E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A31E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A31E	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A42A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a31e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.141 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd68',
    500: '#b3a31e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a31e;
$custom-light: #cebd68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a31e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.557,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70792,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A31E

secondary

#626DCB

accent

#4DEE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A31E

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

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