#B3A333#B3A333

#B3A333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A333
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -6.88, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 57.63, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0246 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.129 101)
XYZ	xyz(32.2866, 36.0186, 8.3829)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A333 #3343B3

analogous

#B36333 #B3A333 #83B333

triadic

#B3A333 #33B3A3 #A333B3

tetradic

#B3A333 #33B363 #3343B3 #B33383

square

#B3A333 #33B363 #3343B3 #B33383

split-complementary

#B3A333 #3383B3 #6333B3

monochromatic

#544C18 #837825 #B3A333 #CEBF55 #DCD184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B3A333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B3A333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A333

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A333	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)

#B29E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd72',
    500: '#b3a333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a333;
$custom-light: #cdbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.36017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A333

secondary

#7C85C6

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A333

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

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