#B3A440#B3A440

#B3A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A440
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -6.66, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 52.62, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0226 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7926, 36.5062, 10.1686)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A440 #404FB3

analogous

#B36B40 #B3A440 #88B340

triadic

#B3A440 #40B3A4 #A440B3

tetradic

#B3A440 #40B36B #404FB3 #B34088

square

#B3A440 #40B36B #404FB3 #B34088

split-complementary

#B3A440 #4088B3 #6B40B3

monochromatic

#595120 #867B30 #B3A440 #C9BC67 #D9D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B3A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B3A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A440

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A440	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe79',
    500: '#b3a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a440;
$custom-light: #cdbe79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71242,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A440

secondary

#8A92C4

accent

#62D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A440

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

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