#B3A93E#B3A93E
#B3A93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3A93E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 169, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 49%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 65%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 65.4%, 29.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.25, -9.42, 54.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.25, 55.30, 99.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.3% -0.0307 0.1232) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.3% 0.127 104) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.6492, 38.3087, 10.1783) |
| Luminance | 0.3831 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.67
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.73
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.18
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 6.22
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 6.37
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 6.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3A93E #3E48B3
analogous
#B36F3E #B3A93E #82B33E
triadic
#B3A93E #3EB3A9 #A93EB3
tetradic
#B3A93E #3EB36F #3E48B3 #B33E82
square
#B3A93E #3EB36F #3E48B3 #B33E82
split-complementary
#B3A93E #3E82B3 #6F3EB3
monochromatic
#58531F #867E2E #B3A93E #CAC165 #D9D392
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.42
#B3A93E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.66
#B3A93E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3A93E
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3A93E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3A93E | 1.00 | 2.42 | 8.66 | 8.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A330
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA944
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C09E93
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3a93e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 169, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 104.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdc279',
500: '#b3a93e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3a93e; $custom-light: #cdc279; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3a93e",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 169,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.872,
"s": 48.548,
"l": 47.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72303,
"c": 0.12699,
"h": 104
},
"luminance": 0.38307
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3A93E
secondary
#888DC5
accent
#5BD850
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF7EE
border
#D3D0C9
text
#141209
muted
#83817B