#B3A832#B3A832

#B3A832 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A832
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -9.56, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 59.69, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0323 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1702, 37.8206, 8.5699)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A832 #323DB3

analogous

#B36832 #B3A832 #7DB332

triadic

#B3A832 #32B3A8 #A832B3

tetradic

#B3A832 #32B368 #323DB3 #B3327D

square

#B3A832 #32B368 #323DB3 #B3327D

split-complementary

#B3A832 #327DB3 #6832B3

monochromatic

#534E17 #837B25 #B3A832 #CFC453 #DCD583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B3A832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B3A832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A832

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A832	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)

#B7A21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc172',
    500: '#b3a832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a832;
$custom-light: #cdc172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7199,
    "c": 0.1345,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A832

secondary

#7B81C6

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A832

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

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