#B3A72A#B3A72A

#B3A72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.138 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A72A
RGB	rgb(179, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -9.40, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 62.17, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0326 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.138 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8285, 37.3897, 7.6777)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A72A #2A36B3

analogous

#B3632A #B3A72A #7AB32A

triadic

#B3A72A #2AB3A7 #A72AB3

tetradic

#B3A72A #2AB363 #2A36B3 #B32A7A

square

#B3A72A #2AB363 #2A36B3 #B32A7A

split-complementary

#B3A72A #2A7AB3 #632AB3

monochromatic

#504B13 #81791E #B3A72A #D4C746 #DFD678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B3A72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B3A72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A72A

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A72A	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.138 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec06e',
    500: '#b3a72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a72a;
$custom-light: #cec06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A72A

secondary

#7279C7

accent

#51E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A72A

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

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