#B3A82A#B3A82A

#B3A82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.139 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A82A
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -9.92, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 62.50, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0341 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.139 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0124, 37.7575, 7.7390)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A82A #2A35B3

analogous

#B3632A #B3A82A #7AB32A

triadic

#B3A82A #2AB3A8 #A82AB3

tetradic

#B3A82A #2AB363 #2A35B3 #B32A7A

square

#B3A82A #2AB363 #2A35B3 #B32A7A

split-complementary

#B3A82A #2A7AB3 #632AB3

monochromatic

#504B13 #81791E #B3A82A #D4C846 #DFD778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B3A82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B3A82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A82A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A82A	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A20C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.139 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec16e',
    500: '#b3a82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a82a;
$custom-light: #cec16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71938,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A82A

secondary

#7278C7

accent

#50E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A82A

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

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