#B3A437#B3A437

#B3A437 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	#B3A437
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -7.20, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 56.39, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0251 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5569, 36.4119, 8.9270)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A437 #3746B3

analogous

#B36637 #B3A437 #84B337

triadic

#B3A437 #37B3A4 #A437B3

tetradic

#B3A437 #37B366 #3746B3 #B33784

square

#B3A437 #37B366 #3746B3 #B33784

split-complementary

#B3A437 #3784B3 #6637B3

monochromatic

#554E1A #847929 #B3A437 #CDBF5B #DBD18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B3A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A437

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A437	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)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe74',
    500: '#b3a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a437;
$custom-light: #cdbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71163,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A437

secondary

#8189C5

accent

#5DDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A437

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

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