#B3A331#B3A331

#B3A331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A331
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -6.98, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 58.39, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0251 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2435, 36.0013, 8.1557)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A331 #3141B3

analogous

#B36231 #B3A331 #82B331

triadic

#B3A331 #31B3A3 #A331B3

tetradic

#B3A331 #31B362 #3141B3 #B33182

square

#B3A331 #31B362 #3141B3 #B33182

split-complementary

#B3A331 #3182B3 #6231B3

monochromatic

#534B17 #837724 #B3A331 #D0C052 #DDD182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B3A331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B3A331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A331

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A331	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd71',
    500: '#b3a331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a331;
$custom-light: #cdbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70901,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A331

secondary

#7A83C6

accent

#5AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A331

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

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