#B3A932#B3A932

#B3A932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A932
RGB	rgb(179, 169, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -10.09, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 60.04, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0338 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.135 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3555, 38.1912, 8.6316)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A932 #323CB3

analogous

#B36932 #B3A932 #7CB332

triadic

#B3A932 #32B3A9 #A932B3

tetradic

#B3A932 #32B369 #323CB3 #B3327C

square

#B3A932 #32B369 #323CB3 #B3327C

split-complementary

#B3A932 #327CB3 #6932B3

monochromatic

#534F17 #837C25 #B3A932 #CFC553 #DCD583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B3A932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B3A932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A932

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A932	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)

#B8A31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 169, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc272',
    500: '#b3a932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a932;
$custom-light: #cdc272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A932

secondary

#7B81C6

accent

#54E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A932

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

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