#B3A435#B3A435

#B3A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A435
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -7.31, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 57.19, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0256 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5099, 36.3931, 8.6796)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A435 #3544B3

analogous

#B36535 #B3A435 #83B335

triadic

#B3A435 #35B3A4 #A435B3

tetradic

#B3A435 #35B365 #3544B3 #B33583

square

#B3A435 #35B365 #3544B3 #B33583

split-complementary

#B3A435 #3583B3 #6535B3

monochromatic

#554D19 #847927 #B3A435 #CDBF58 #DBD187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B3A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A435

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A435	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe73',
    500: '#b3a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a435;
$custom-light: #cdbe73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71147,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A435

secondary

#7F87C5

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A435

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

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