#B3A51E#B3A51E

#B3A51E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.142 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A51E
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -8.77, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 65.12, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0319 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.142 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2814, 36.5892, 6.5901)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A51E #1E2CB3

analogous

#B35A1E #B3A51E #76B31E

triadic

#B3A51E #1EB3A5 #A51EB3

tetradic

#B3A51E #1EB35A #1E2CB3 #B31E76

square

#B3A51E #1EB35A #1E2CB3 #B31E76

split-complementary

#B3A51E #1E76B3 #5A1EB3

monochromatic

#4A440C #7F7515 #B3A51E #DDCD32 #E5D966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B3A51E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B3A51E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A51E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A51E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A51E	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a51e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.142 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf69',
    500: '#b3a51e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a51e;
$custom-light: #cebf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a51e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.362,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71225,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A51E

secondary

#626CCB

accent

#4BEE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A51E

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

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