#B3A61E#B3A61E

#B3A61E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.143 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A61E
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -9.29, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 65.42, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0333 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.143 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4625, 36.9513, 6.6504)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A61E #1E2BB3

analogous

#B35B1E #B3A61E #75B31E

triadic

#B3A61E #1EB3A6 #A61EB3

tetradic

#B3A61E #1EB35B #1E2BB3 #B31E75

square

#B3A61E #1EB35B #1E2BB3 #B31E75

split-complementary

#B3A61E #1E75B3 #5B1EB3

monochromatic

#4A450C #7F7515 #B3A61E #DDCE32 #E5DA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A61E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B3A61E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A61E

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A61E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A61E	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)

#BAA62A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a61e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.143 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec069',
    500: '#b3a61e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a61e;
$custom-light: #cec069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a61e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.765,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71442,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A61E

secondary

#626BCB

accent

#49EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A61E

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

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