#B3A42B#B3A42B

#B3A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.135 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A42B
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -7.78, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 60.86, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.028 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.135 102)
XYZ	xyz(32.3034, 36.3105, 7.5921)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A42B #2B3AB3

analogous

#B3602B #B3A42B #7EB32B

triadic

#B3A42B #2BB3A4 #A42BB3

tetradic

#B3A42B #2BB360 #2B3AB3 #B32B7E

square

#B3A42B #2BB360 #2B3AB3 #B32B7E

split-complementary

#B3A42B #2B7EB3 #602BB3

monochromatic

#504A13 #82771F #B3A42B #D3C448 #DFD479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B3A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A42B

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A42B	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)

#B49F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.135 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe6e',
    500: '#b3a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a42b;
$custom-light: #cebe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71077,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.36309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A42B

secondary

#737CC7

accent

#55E443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A42B

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

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