#B3A73E#B3A73E
#B3A73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.125 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3A73E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 167, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 49%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 65%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 65.4%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.70, -8.38, 53.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.70, 54.56, 98.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.87% -0.0277 0.122) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.87% 0.125 102.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.2799, 37.5703, 10.0553) |
| Luminance | 0.3757 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.98
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.03
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.21
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 6.38
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 6.63
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3A73E #3E4AB3
analogous
#B36C3E #B3A73E #85B33E
triadic
#B3A73E #3EB3A7 #A73EB3
tetradic
#B3A73E #3EB36C #3E4AB3 #B33E85
square
#B3A73E #3EB36C #3E4AB3 #B33E85
split-complementary
#B3A73E #3E85B3 #6C3EB3
monochromatic
#58521F #867D2E #B3A73E #CABF65 #D9D292
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.47
#B3A73E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.51
#B3A73E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3A73E
8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3A73E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3A73E | 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)
#B6A231
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A744
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C09C91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3a73e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 167, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.125 102.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdc079',
500: '#b3a73e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3a73e; $custom-light: #cdc079; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3a73e",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 167,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.846,
"s": 48.548,
"l": 47.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7187,
"c": 0.12512,
"h": 102.8
},
"luminance": 0.37569
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3A73E
secondary
#888EC5
accent
#5ED850
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF7EE
border
#D3D0C9
text
#141209
muted
#83817B