#B3A830#B3A830

#B3A830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A830
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -9.66, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 60.43, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0328 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.136 104)
XYZ	xyz(33.1280, 37.8037, 8.3476)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A830 #303BB3

analogous

#B36730 #B3A830 #7DB330

triadic

#B3A830 #30B3A8 #A830B3

tetradic

#B3A830 #30B367 #303BB3 #B3307D

square

#B3A830 #30B367 #303BB3 #B3307D

split-complementary

#B3A830 #307DB3 #6730B3

monochromatic

#524D16 #837B23 #B3A830 #D0C550 #DDD580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B3A830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B3A830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A830

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A830	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)

#B7A21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc171',
    500: '#b3a830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a830;
$custom-light: #cdc171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71976,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A830

secondary

#797FC6

accent

#54E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A830

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

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