#B3973A#B3973A

#B3973A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.115 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3973A
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -0.06, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 51.08, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0044 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.115 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4223, 32.0241, 8.5810)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3973A #3A56B3

analogous

#B35B3A #B3973A #93B33A

triadic

#B3973A #3AB397 #973AB3

tetradic

#B3973A #3AB35B #3A56B3 #B33A93

square

#B3973A #3AB35B #3A56B3 #B33A93

split-complementary

#B3973A #3A93B3 #5B3AB3

monochromatic

#57491C #85702B #B3973A #CBB25F #DAC88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B3973A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#B3973A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3973A

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3973A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3973A	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3973a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.115 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb575',
    500: '#b3973a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3973a;
$custom-light: #cdb575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3973a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68422,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3973A

secondary

#8493C5

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3973A

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

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