#B3A537#B3A537

#B3A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A537
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -7.73, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 56.73, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0266 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.128 102)
XYZ	xyz(32.7365, 36.7712, 8.9869)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A537 #3745B3

analogous

#B36737 #B3A537 #83B337

triadic

#B3A537 #37B3A5 #A537B3

tetradic

#B3A537 #37B367 #3745B3 #B33783

square

#B3A537 #37B367 #3745B3 #B33783

split-complementary

#B3A537 #3783B3 #6737B3

monochromatic

#554F1A #847A29 #B3A537 #CDC05B #DBD28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B3A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B3A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A537

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A537	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf74',
    500: '#b3a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a537;
$custom-light: #cdbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71378,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.3677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A537

secondary

#8188C5

accent

#5CDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A537

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →