#B3A433#B3A433

#B3A433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A433
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -7.41, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 57.96, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0261 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4649, 36.3751, 8.4424)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A433 #3342B3

analogous

#B36433 #B3A433 #82B333

triadic

#B3A433 #33B3A4 #A433B3

tetradic

#B3A433 #33B364 #3342B3 #B33382

square

#B3A433 #33B364 #3342B3 #B33382

split-complementary

#B3A433 #3382B3 #6433B3

monochromatic

#544D18 #837825 #B3A433 #CEC055 #DCD284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B3A433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A433

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A433	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)

#B39F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe72',
    500: '#b3a433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a433;
$custom-light: #cdbe72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71132,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A433

secondary

#7C85C6

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A433

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

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