#B3973F#B3973F

#B3973F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.112 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3973F
RGB	rgb(179, 151, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 64.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, 0.25, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 48.88, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0028 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.112 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5557, 32.0775, 9.2838)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3973F #3F5BB3

analogous

#B35D3F #B3973F #95B33F

triadic

#B3973F #3FB397 #973FB3

tetradic

#B3973F #3FB35D #3F5BB3 #B33F95

square

#B3973F #3FB35D #3F5BB3 #B33F95

split-complementary

#B3973F #3F95B3 #5D3FB3

monochromatic

#584B1F #86712F #B3973F #C9B166 #D9C893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B3973F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B3973F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3973F

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3973F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3973F	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3973f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 151, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.112 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb578',
    500: '#b3973f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3973f;
$custom-light: #cdb578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3973f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 47.934,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68471,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3973F

secondary

#8998C4

accent

#71D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3973F

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

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