#B3973B#B3973B

#B3973B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.115 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3973B
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 0.00, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 50.65, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0041 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.115 92)
XYZ	xyz(30.4480, 32.0344, 8.7163)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3973B #3B57B3

analogous

#B35B3B #B3973B #93B33B

triadic

#B3973B #3BB397 #973BB3

tetradic

#B3973B #3BB35B #3B57B3 #B33B93

square

#B3973B #3BB35B #3B57B3 #B33B93

split-complementary

#B3973B #3B93B3 #5B3BB3

monochromatic

#57491D #85702C #B3973B #CBB260 #DAC88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B3973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#B3973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3973B

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3973B	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.115 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb575',
    500: '#b3973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3973b;
$custom-light: #cdb575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68432,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.32033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3973B

secondary

#8594C5

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3973B

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

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