#B3973E#B3973E

#B3973E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.112 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3973E
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, 0.19, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 49.33, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0032 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.112 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5280, 32.0664, 9.1380)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3973E #3E5AB3

analogous

#B35C3E #B3973E #95B33E

triadic

#B3973E #3EB397 #973EB3

tetradic

#B3973E #3EB35C #3E5AB3 #B33E95

square

#B3973E #3EB35C #3E5AB3 #B33E95

split-complementary

#B3973E #3E95B3 #5C3EB3

monochromatic

#584A1F #86712E #B3973E #CAB165 #D9C892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B3973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#B3973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3973E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3973E	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)

#A79534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.112 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb577',
    500: '#b3973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3973e;
$custom-light: #cdb577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68461,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3973E

secondary

#8897C5

accent

#70D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3973E

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

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