#B3A338#B3A338

#B3A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A338
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -6.61, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 55.65, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0233 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4028, 36.0651, 8.9951)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A338 #3848B3

analogous

#B36538 #B3A338 #85B338

triadic

#B3A338 #38B3A3 #A338B3

tetradic

#B3A338 #38B365 #3848B3 #B33885

square

#B3A338 #38B365 #3848B3 #B33885

split-complementary

#B3A338 #3885B3 #6538B3

monochromatic

#564E1B #847929 #B3A338 #CCBD5C #DBD08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B3A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B3A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A338

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A338	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd75',
    500: '#b3a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a338;
$custom-light: #cdbd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70956,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A338

secondary

#828BC5

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A338

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

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