#B3A73D#B3A73D
#B3A73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3A73D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 167, 61) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 49%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 66%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 65.9%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.69, -8.44, 54.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.69, 54.98, 98.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.86% -0.028 0.1227) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.86% 0.126 102.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.2528, 37.5594, 9.9121) |
| Luminance | 0.3756 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.91
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.93
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.11
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 6.50
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 6.55
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3A73D #3D49B3
analogous
#B36C3D #B3A73D #84B33D
triadic
#B3A73D #3DB3A7 #A73DB3
tetradic
#B3A73D #3DB36C #3D49B3 #B33D84
square
#B3A73D #3DB36C #3D49B3 #B33D84
split-complementary
#B3A73D #3D84B3 #6C3DB3
monochromatic
#58521E #857C2D #B3A73D #CABF63 #D9D291
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.47
#B3A73D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.51
#B3A73D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3A73D
8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3A73D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3A73D | 1.00 | 2.47 | 8.51 | 8.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A22F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A743
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C09C91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3a73d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 167, 61); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 102.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdc078',
500: '#b3a73d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3a73d; $custom-light: #cdc078; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3a73d",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 167,
"b": 61
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.898,
"s": 49.167,
"l": 47.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71861,
"c": 0.12588,
"h": 102.8
},
"luminance": 0.37558
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3A73D
secondary
#878DC5
accent
#5DD94F
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF7EE
border
#D3D0C9
text
#141209
muted
#83817B