#B3A533#B3A533

#B3A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A533
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -7.94, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 58.30, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0276 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6445, 36.7344, 8.5022)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A533 #3341B3

analogous

#B36533 #B3A533 #81B333

triadic

#B3A533 #33B3A5 #A533B3

tetradic

#B3A533 #33B365 #3341B3 #B33381

square

#B3A533 #33B365 #3341B3 #B33381

split-complementary

#B3A533 #3381B3 #6533B3

monochromatic

#544D18 #837925 #B3A533 #CEC155 #DCD284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B3A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B3A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A533

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A533	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf72',
    500: '#b3a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a533;
$custom-light: #cdbf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71347,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A533

secondary

#7C84C6

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A533

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

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