#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
RGBrgb(179, 164, 55)
HSLhsl(53, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(53, 69%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.4%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.83, -7.20, 55.93)
CIE-LCHlch(66.83, 56.39, 97.33°)
OKLaboklab(71.16% -0.0251 0.1251)
OKLCHoklch(71.16% 0.128 101.4)
XYZxyz(32.5569, 36.4119, 8.9270)
Luminance0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B3A4371.002.548.288.28
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2821.001.001.00
##0000008.2821.001.001.00

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

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#B3A437 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva