#B3A72E#B3A72E

#B3A72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.136 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A72E
RGB	rgb(179, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -9.23, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 60.80, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0318 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9037, 37.4198, 8.0738)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A72E #2E3AB3

analogous

#B3642E #B3A72E #7DB32E

triadic

#B3A72E #2EB3A7 #A72EB3

tetradic

#B3A72E #2EB364 #2E3AB3 #B32E7D

square

#B3A72E #2EB364 #2E3AB3 #B32E7D

split-complementary

#B3A72E #2E7DB3 #642EB3

monochromatic

#524C15 #827A21 #B3A72E #D1C54D #DED57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B3A72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B3A72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A72E

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A72E	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)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc070',
    500: '#b3a72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a72e;
$custom-light: #cdc070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71746,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A72E

secondary

#767EC6

accent

#54E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A72E

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

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