#B3A928#B3A928

#B3A928 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.141 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A928
RGB	rgb(179, 169, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -10.52, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 63.48, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.036 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.141 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1628, 38.1142, 7.6170)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A928 #2832B3

analogous

#B36328 #B3A928 #78B328

triadic

#B3A928 #28B3A9 #A928B3

tetradic

#B3A928 #28B363 #2832B3 #B32878

square

#B3A928 #28B363 #2832B3 #B32878

split-complementary

#B3A928 #2878B3 #6328B3

monochromatic

#4F4B12 #817A1D #B3A928 #D5CB43 #E0D975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B3A928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B3A928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A928

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A928	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 169, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.141 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec26d',
    500: '#b3a928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a928;
$custom-light: #cec26d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72144,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A928

secondary

#6F76C8

accent

#4DE641

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A928

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

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