#B3A638#B3A638

#B3A638 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	#B3A638
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -8.20, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 56.68, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0278 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9418, 37.1430, 9.1747)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A638 #3845B3

analogous

#B36938 #B3A638 #82B338

triadic

#B3A638 #38B3A6 #A638B3

tetradic

#B3A638 #38B369 #3845B3 #B33882

square

#B3A638 #38B369 #3845B3 #B33882

split-complementary

#B3A638 #3882B3 #6938B3

monochromatic

#56501B #847B29 #B3A638 #CCC05C #DBD28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B3A638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B3A638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A638

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A638	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)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc075',
    500: '#b3a638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a638;
$custom-light: #cdc075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71602,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A638

secondary

#8289C5

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A638

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →