#B3A538#B3A538

#B3A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A538
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -7.67, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 56.33, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0263 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7607, 36.7809, 9.1144)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A538 #3846B3

analogous

#B36738 #B3A538 #83B338

triadic

#B3A538 #38B3A5 #A538B3

tetradic

#B3A538 #38B367 #3846B3 #B33883

square

#B3A538 #38B367 #3846B3 #B33883

split-complementary

#B3A538 #3883B3 #6738B3

monochromatic

#564F1B #847A29 #B3A538 #CCBF5C #DBD28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B3A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B3A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A538

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A538	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf75',
    500: '#b3a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a538;
$custom-light: #cdbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71386,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A538

secondary

#8289C5

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A538

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

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