#B3A840#B3A840

#B3A840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A840
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -8.78, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 54.07, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0286 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.124 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5197, 37.9604, 10.4109)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A840 #404BB3

analogous

#B36F40 #B3A840 #84B340

triadic

#B3A840 #40B3A8 #A840B3

tetradic

#B3A840 #40B36F #404BB3 #B34084

square

#B3A840 #40B36F #404BB3 #B34084

split-complementary

#B3A840 #4084B3 #6F40B3

monochromatic

#595320 #867E30 #B3A840 #C9BF67 #D9D294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B3A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B3A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A840

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A840	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc17a',
    500: '#b3a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a840;
$custom-light: #cdc17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A840

secondary

#8A90C4

accent

#5ED751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A840

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

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