#B3A61B#B3A61B

#B3A61B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.144 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A61B
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -9.38, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 66.17, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0338 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.144 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4260, 36.9367, 6.4582)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A61B #1B28B3

analogous

#B35A1B #B3A61B #74B31B

triadic

#B3A61B #1BB3A6 #A61BB3

tetradic

#B3A61B #1BB35A #1B28B3 #B31B74

square

#B3A61B #1BB35A #1B28B3 #B31B74

split-complementary

#B3A61B #1B74B3 #5A1BB3

monochromatic

#49430B #7E7513 #B3A61B #DFD02C #E7DC61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A61B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B3A61B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A61B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A61B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A61B	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a61b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.144 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec068',
    500: '#b3a61b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a61b;
$custom-light: #cec068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a61b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.868,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7143,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A61B

secondary

#5E67CC

accent

#47F037

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A61B

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

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