#B3A342#B3A342

#B3A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A342
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -6.00, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 51.39, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0204 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.118 100)
XYZ	xyz(32.6723, 36.1728, 10.4143)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A342 #4252B3

analogous

#B36A42 #B3A342 #8BB342

triadic

#B3A342 #42B3A3 #A342B3

tetradic

#B3A342 #42B36A #4252B3 #B3428B

square

#B3A342 #42B36A #4252B3 #B3428B

split-complementary

#B3A342 #428BB3 #6A42B3

monochromatic

#5A5221 #867A32 #B3A342 #C8BB6A #D9CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B3A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B3A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A342

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A342	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe7b',
    500: '#b3a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a342;
$custom-light: #cdbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.36171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A342

secondary

#8C94C4

accent

#65D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A342

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

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