#B3A637#B3A637

#B3A637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A637
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -8.25, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 57.08, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0281 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9176, 37.1333, 9.0472)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A637 #3744B3

analogous

#B36837 #B3A637 #82B337

triadic

#B3A637 #37B3A6 #A637B3

tetradic

#B3A637 #37B368 #3744B3 #B33782

square

#B3A637 #37B368 #3744B3 #B33782

split-complementary

#B3A637 #3782B3 #6837B3

monochromatic

#554F1A #847B29 #B3A637 #CDC15B #DBD28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B3A637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B3A637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A637

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A637	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc074',
    500: '#b3a637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a637;
$custom-light: #cdc074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71594,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A637

secondary

#8188C5

accent

#5BDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A637

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

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