#B3A337#B3A337

#B3A337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A337
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -6.67, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 56.05, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0236 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3786, 36.0554, 8.8676)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A337 #3747B3

analogous

#B36537 #B3A337 #85B337

triadic

#B3A337 #37B3A3 #A337B3

tetradic

#B3A337 #37B365 #3747B3 #B33785

square

#B3A337 #37B365 #3747B3 #B33785

split-complementary

#B3A337 #3785B3 #6537B3

monochromatic

#554E1A #847829 #B3A337 #CDBE5B #DBD08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B3A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B3A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A337

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A337	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd74',
    500: '#b3a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a337;
$custom-light: #cdbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70947,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A337

secondary

#818AC5

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A337

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

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