#B3A42E#B3A42E

#B3A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A42E
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -7.65, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 59.81, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0273 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3605, 36.3333, 7.8927)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A42E #2E3DB3

analogous

#B3622E #B3A42E #80B32E

triadic

#B3A42E #2EB3A4 #A42EB3

tetradic

#B3A42E #2EB362 #2E3DB3 #B32E80

square

#B3A42E #2EB362 #2E3DB3 #B32E80

split-complementary

#B3A42E #2E80B3 #622EB3

monochromatic

#524B15 #827721 #B3A42E #D1C24D #DED37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B3A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A42E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A42E	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe6f',
    500: '#b3a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a42e;
$custom-light: #cdbe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71096,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A42E

secondary

#767FC6

accent

#57E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A42E

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

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