#B3A430#B3A430

#B3A430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A430
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -7.55, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 59.09, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0269 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4008, 36.3495, 8.1052)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A430 #303FB3

analogous

#B36330 #B3A430 #81B330

triadic

#B3A430 #30B3A4 #A430B3

tetradic

#B3A430 #30B363 #303FB3 #B33081

square

#B3A430 #30B363 #303FB3 #B33081

split-complementary

#B3A430 #3081B3 #6330B3

monochromatic

#524C16 #837823 #B3A430 #D0C150 #DDD280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B3A430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A430

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A430	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)

#B39F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe70',
    500: '#b3a430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a430;
$custom-light: #cdbe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A430

secondary

#7982C6

accent

#58E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A430

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

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