#B3A531#B3A531

#B3A531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.132 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A531
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -8.03, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 59.05, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0281 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.132 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6014, 36.7171, 8.2750)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A531 #313FB3

analogous

#B36431 #B3A531 #80B331

triadic

#B3A531 #31B3A5 #A531B3

tetradic

#B3A531 #31B364 #313FB3 #B33180

square

#B3A531 #31B364 #313FB3 #B33180

split-complementary

#B3A531 #3180B3 #6431B3

monochromatic

#534C17 #837924 #B3A531 #D0C252 #DDD382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B3A531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B3A531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A531

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A531	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.132 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf71',
    500: '#b3a531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a531;
$custom-light: #cdbf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71333,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A531

secondary

#7A82C6

accent

#58E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A531

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

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