#B3A831#B3A831

#B3A831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.135 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A831
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -9.61, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 60.06, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0326 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.135 104)
XYZ	xyz(33.1488, 37.8121, 8.4575)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A831 #313CB3

analogous

#B36731 #B3A831 #7DB331

triadic

#B3A831 #31B3A8 #A831B3

tetradic

#B3A831 #31B367 #313CB3 #B3317D

square

#B3A831 #31B367 #313CB3 #B3317D

split-complementary

#B3A831 #317DB3 #6731B3

monochromatic

#534E17 #837B24 #B3A831 #D0C552 #DDD582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B3A831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B3A831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A831

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A831	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)

#B7A21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.135 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc171',
    500: '#b3a831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a831;
$custom-light: #cdc171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71983,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.37811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A831

secondary

#7A80C6

accent

#54E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A831

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

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