#B3A431#B3A431

#B3A431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; 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	#B3A431
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -7.51, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 58.72, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0266 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4217, 36.3578, 8.2151)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A431 #3140B3

analogous

#B36331 #B3A431 #81B331

triadic

#B3A431 #31B3A4 #A431B3

tetradic

#B3A431 #31B363 #3140B3 #B33181

square

#B3A431 #31B363 #3140B3 #B33181

split-complementary

#B3A431 #3181B3 #6331B3

monochromatic

#534C17 #837824 #B3A431 #D0C152 #DDD282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B3A431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A431

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A431	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)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe71',
    500: '#b3a431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a431;
$custom-light: #cdbe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71117,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A431

secondary

#7A83C6

accent

#59E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A431

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

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