#B3A62A#B3A62A

#B3A62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.137 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A62A
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -8.87, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 61.84, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0312 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.137 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6460, 37.0247, 7.6169)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A62A #2A37B3

analogous

#B3622A #B3A62A #7BB32A

triadic

#B3A62A #2AB3A6 #A62AB3

tetradic

#B3A62A #2AB362 #2A37B3 #B32A7B

square

#B3A62A #2AB362 #2A37B3 #B32A7B

split-complementary

#B3A62A #2A7BB3 #622AB3

monochromatic

#504A13 #81781E #B3A62A #D4C646 #DFD678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B3A62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A62A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A62A	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.137 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec06e',
    500: '#b3a62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a62a;
$custom-light: #cec06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71504,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A62A

secondary

#727AC7

accent

#52E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A62A

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

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