#B3A931#B3A931

#B3A931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A931
RGB	rgb(179, 169, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -10.13, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 60.41, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.034 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3342, 38.1827, 8.5193)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A931 #313BB3

analogous

#B36831 #B3A931 #7CB331

triadic

#B3A931 #31B3A9 #A931B3

tetradic

#B3A931 #31B368 #313BB3 #B3317C

square

#B3A931 #31B368 #313BB3 #B3317C

split-complementary

#B3A931 #317CB3 #6831B3

monochromatic

#534E17 #837C24 #B3A931 #D0C652 #DDD682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B3A931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B3A931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A931

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A931	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 169, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc272',
    500: '#b3a931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a931;
$custom-light: #cdc272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.722,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A931

secondary

#7A80C6

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A931

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

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