#B3A43B#B3A43B

#B3A43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A43B
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 67%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -6.97, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 54.76, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.024 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6567, 36.4518, 9.4526)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A43B #3B4AB3

analogous

#B3683B #B3A43B #86B33B

triadic

#B3A43B #3BB3A4 #A43BB3

tetradic

#B3A43B #3BB368 #3B4AB3 #B33B86

square

#B3A43B #3BB368 #3B4AB3 #B33B86

split-complementary

#B3A43B #3B86B3 #683BB3

monochromatic

#57501D #857A2C #B3A43B #CBBD60 #DAD08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B3A43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B3A43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A43B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A43B	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe77',
    500: '#b3a43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a43b;
$custom-light: #cdbe77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71196,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A43B

secondary

#858DC5

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A43B

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

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