#B3A738#B3A738

#B3A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.130 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A738
RGB	rgb(179, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -8.73, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 57.03, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0293 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1243, 37.5080, 9.2356)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A738 #3844B3

analogous

#B36938 #B3A738 #81B338

triadic

#B3A738 #38B3A7 #A738B3

tetradic

#B3A738 #38B369 #3844B3 #B33881

square

#B3A738 #38B369 #3844B3 #B33881

split-complementary

#B3A738 #3881B3 #6938B3

monochromatic

#56501B #847C29 #B3A738 #CCC15C #DBD38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B3A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B3A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A738

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A738	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc075',
    500: '#b3a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a738;
$custom-light: #cdc075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71819,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A738

secondary

#8288C5

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A738

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

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