#B3A42A#B3A42A

#B3A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A42A
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -7.82, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 61.20, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0282 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(32.2853, 36.3032, 7.4967)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A42A #2A39B3

analogous

#B3602A #B3A42A #7DB32A

triadic

#B3A42A #2AB3A4 #A42AB3

tetradic

#B3A42A #2AB360 #2A39B3 #B32A7D

square

#B3A42A #2AB360 #2A39B3 #B32A7D

split-complementary

#B3A42A #2A7DB3 #602AB3

monochromatic

#504913 #81771E #B3A42A #D4C446 #DFD478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B3A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A42A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A42A	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe6e',
    500: '#b3a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a42a;
$custom-light: #cebe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71071,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.36302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A42A

secondary

#727BC7

accent

#55E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A42A

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

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