#B3A640#B3A640

#B3A640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A640
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -7.72, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 53.34, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0256 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(33.1533, 37.2276, 10.2888)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A640 #404DB3

analogous

#B36C40 #B3A640 #87B340

triadic

#B3A640 #40B3A6 #A640B3

tetradic

#B3A640 #40B36C #404DB3 #B34087

square

#B3A640 #40B36C #404DB3 #B34087

split-complementary

#B3A640 #4087B3 #6C40B3

monochromatic

#595220 #867C30 #B3A640 #C9BE67 #D9D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B3A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B3A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A640

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A640	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc07a',
    500: '#b3a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a640;
$custom-light: #cdc07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71673,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.37226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A640

secondary

#8A91C4

accent

#60D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A640

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

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