#B3A53A#B3A53A

#B3A53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A53A
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 67.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -7.56, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 55.52, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0258 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8106, 36.8008, 9.3772)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A53A #3A48B3

analogous

#B3693A #B3A53A #85B33A

triadic

#B3A53A #3AB3A5 #A53AB3

tetradic

#B3A53A #3AB369 #3A48B3 #B33A85

square

#B3A53A #3AB369 #3A48B3 #B33A85

split-complementary

#B3A53A #3A85B3 #693AB3

monochromatic

#57501C #857A2B #B3A53A #CBBF5F #DAD18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B3A53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B3A53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A53A

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A53A	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)

#B4A02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf76',
    500: '#b3a53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a53a;
$custom-light: #cdbf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A53A

secondary

#848CC5

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A53A

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

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