#B3973D#B3973D

#B3973D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.113 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3973D
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, 0.12, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 49.77, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0035 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.113 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5008, 32.0555, 8.9948)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3973D #3D59B3

analogous

#B35C3D #B3973D #94B33D

triadic

#B3973D #3DB397 #973DB3

tetradic

#B3973D #3DB35C #3D59B3 #B33D94

square

#B3973D #3DB35C #3D59B3 #B33D94

split-complementary

#B3973D #3D94B3 #5C3DB3

monochromatic

#584A1E #85702D #B3973D #CAB263 #D9C891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B3973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#B3973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3973D

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3973D	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#A79532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.113 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb577',
    500: '#b3973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3973d;
$custom-light: #cdb577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68451,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3973D

secondary

#8796C5

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3973D

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

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