#B3A438#B3A438

#B3A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A438
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -7.14, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 55.99, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0248 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5811, 36.4216, 9.0545)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A438 #3847B3

analogous

#B36638 #B3A438 #84B338

triadic

#B3A438 #38B3A4 #A438B3

tetradic

#B3A438 #38B366 #3847B3 #B33884

square

#B3A438 #38B366 #3847B3 #B33884

split-complementary

#B3A438 #3884B3 #6638B3

monochromatic

#564F1B #847929 #B3A438 #CCBE5C #DBD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B3A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A438

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A438	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe75',
    500: '#b3a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a438;
$custom-light: #cdbe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71171,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A438

secondary

#828AC5

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A438

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

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