#B3A540#B3A540

#B3A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A540
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -7.19, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 52.98, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0241 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9723, 36.8655, 10.2284)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A540 #404EB3

analogous

#B36C40 #B3A540 #87B340

triadic

#B3A540 #40B3A5 #A540B3

tetradic

#B3A540 #40B36C #404EB3 #B34087

square

#B3A540 #40B36C #404EB3 #B34087

split-complementary

#B3A540 #4087B3 #6C40B3

monochromatic

#595220 #867B30 #B3A540 #C9BD67 #D9D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B3A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B3A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A540

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A540	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf7a',
    500: '#b3a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a540;
$custom-light: #cdbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71457,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A540

secondary

#8A91C4

accent

#61D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A540

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

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