#B3A833#B3A833

#B3A833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A833
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -9.51, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 59.32, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0321 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1920, 37.8293, 8.6847)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A833 #333EB3

analogous

#B36833 #B3A833 #7EB333

triadic

#B3A833 #33B3A8 #A833B3

tetradic

#B3A833 #33B368 #333EB3 #B3337E

square

#B3A833 #33B368 #333EB3 #B3337E

split-complementary

#B3A833 #337EB3 #6833B3

monochromatic

#544F18 #837B25 #B3A833 #CEC455 #DCD584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B3A833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B3A833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A833

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A833	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc172',
    500: '#b3a833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a833;
$custom-light: #cdc172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71997,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A833

secondary

#7C83C6

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A833

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

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