#B3A336#B3A336

#B3A336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A336
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -6.72, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 56.46, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0239 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3549, 36.0459, 8.7426)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A336 #3646B3

analogous

#B36436 #B3A336 #84B336

triadic

#B3A336 #36B3A3 #A336B3

tetradic

#B3A336 #36B364 #3646B3 #B33684

square

#B3A336 #36B364 #3646B3 #B33684

split-complementary

#B3A336 #3684B3 #6436B3

monochromatic

#554D1A #847828 #B3A336 #CDBE59 #DBD188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B3A336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B3A336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A336

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A336	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd74',
    500: '#b3a336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a336;
$custom-light: #cdbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70939,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A336

secondary

#8089C5

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A336

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

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