#B3A838#B3A838

#B3A838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A838
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -9.25, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 57.39, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0308 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.13 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3082, 37.8758, 9.2969)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A838 #3843B3

analogous

#B36A38 #B3A838 #80B338

triadic

#B3A838 #38B3A8 #A838B3

tetradic

#B3A838 #38B36A #3843B3 #B33880

square

#B3A838 #38B36A #3843B3 #B33880

split-complementary

#B3A838 #3880B3 #6A38B3

monochromatic

#56501B #847C29 #B3A838 #CCC25C #DBD38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B3A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B3A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A838

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A838	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)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc175',
    500: '#b3a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a838;
$custom-light: #cdc175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72035,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A838

secondary

#8288C5

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A838

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

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