#B3A82E#B3A82E

#B3A82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A82E
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -9.75, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 61.14, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0333 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.137 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0876, 37.7876, 8.1351)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A82E #2E39B3

analogous

#B3662E #B3A82E #7CB32E

triadic

#B3A82E #2EB3A8 #A82EB3

tetradic

#B3A82E #2EB366 #2E39B3 #B32E7C

square

#B3A82E #2EB366 #2E39B3 #B32E7C

split-complementary

#B3A82E #2E7CB3 #662EB3

monochromatic

#524D15 #827A21 #B3A82E #D1C64D #DED67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B3A82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B3A82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A82E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A82E	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc170',
    500: '#b3a82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a82e;
$custom-light: #cdc170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71963,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A82E

secondary

#767DC6

accent

#52E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A82E

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

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