#B3A41E#B3A41E

#B3A41E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.141 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A41E
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -8.24, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 64.82, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0304 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.141 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1018, 36.2298, 6.5302)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A41E #1E2DB3

analogous

#B3591E #B3A41E #77B31E

triadic

#B3A41E #1EB3A4 #A41EB3

tetradic

#B3A41E #1EB359 #1E2DB3 #B31E77

square

#B3A41E #1EB359 #1E2DB3 #B31E77

split-complementary

#B3A41E #1E77B3 #591EB3

monochromatic

#4A440C #7F7415 #B3A41E #DDCB32 #E5D966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B3A41E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B3A41E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A41E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A41E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A41E	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a41e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.141 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe68',
    500: '#b3a41e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a41e;
$custom-light: #cebe68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a41e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.96,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71009,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A41E

secondary

#626DCB

accent

#4CEE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A41E

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

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