#B3A41B#B3A41B

#B3A41B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.143 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A41B
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -8.32, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 65.58, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0309 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.143 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0653, 36.2152, 6.3379)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A41B #1B2AB3

analogous

#B3581B #B3A41B #76B31B

triadic

#B3A41B #1BB3A4 #A41BB3

tetradic

#B3A41B #1BB358 #1B2AB3 #B31B76

square

#B3A41B #1BB358 #1B2AB3 #B31B76

split-complementary

#B3A41B #1B76B3 #581BB3

monochromatic

#49430B #7E7313 #B3A41B #DFCD2C #E7DA61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B3A41B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B3A41B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A41B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A41B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A41B	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a41b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.143 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe67',
    500: '#b3a41b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a41b;
$custom-light: #cebe67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a41b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.079,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70996,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A41B

secondary

#5E69CC

accent

#4AF037

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A41B

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

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