#B3A436#B3A436

#B3A436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A436
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -7.25, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 56.79, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0254 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5331, 36.4024, 8.8020)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A436 #3645B3

analogous

#B36536 #B3A436 #83B336

triadic

#B3A436 #36B3A4 #A436B3

tetradic

#B3A436 #36B365 #3645B3 #B33683

square

#B3A436 #36B365 #3645B3 #B33683

split-complementary

#B3A436 #3683B3 #6536B3

monochromatic

#554E1A #847928 #B3A436 #CDBF59 #DBD188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B3A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A436

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A436	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)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe74',
    500: '#b3a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a436;
$custom-light: #cdbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A436

secondary

#8088C5

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A436

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

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