#B3A535#B3A535

#B3A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A535
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -7.83, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 57.52, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0271 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6896, 36.7524, 8.7395)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A535 #3543B3

analogous

#B36635 #B3A535 #82B335

triadic

#B3A535 #35B3A5 #A535B3

tetradic

#B3A535 #35B366 #3543B3 #B33582

square

#B3A535 #35B366 #3543B3 #B33582

split-complementary

#B3A535 #3582B3 #6635B3

monochromatic

#554E19 #847927 #B3A535 #CDC058 #DBD287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B3A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B3A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A535

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A535	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf73',
    500: '#b3a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a535;
$custom-light: #cdbf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71363,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A535

secondary

#7F86C5

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A535

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

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