#B3A532#B3A532

#B3A532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A532
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -7.99, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 58.67, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0279 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6227, 36.7257, 8.3874)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A532 #3240B3

analogous

#B36432 #B3A532 #81B332

triadic

#B3A532 #32B3A5 #A532B3

tetradic

#B3A532 #32B364 #3240B3 #B33281

square

#B3A532 #32B364 #3240B3 #B33281

split-complementary

#B3A532 #3281B3 #6432B3

monochromatic

#534D17 #837925 #B3A532 #CFC253 #DCD383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B3A532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B3A532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A532

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A532	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)

#B4A01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf72',
    500: '#b3a532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a532;
$custom-light: #cdbf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7134,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A532

secondary

#7B83C6

accent

#59E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A532

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

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