#B3A42C#B3A42C

#B3A42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A42C
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 75.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -7.74, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 60.52, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0278 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3220, 36.3179, 7.6899)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A42C #2C3BB3

analogous

#B3602C #B3A42C #7EB32C

triadic

#B3A42C #2CB3A4 #A42CB3

tetradic

#B3A42C #2CB360 #2C3BB3 #B32C7E

square

#B3A42C #2CB360 #2C3BB3 #B32C7E

split-complementary

#B3A42C #2C7EB3 #602CB3

monochromatic

#514A14 #827720 #B3A42C #D2C34A #DFD37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B3A42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A42C

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A42C	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)

#B49F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe6e',
    500: '#b3a42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a42c;
$custom-light: #cebe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71083,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A42C

secondary

#747DC7

accent

#56E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A42C

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

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