#B3983A#B3983A

#B3983A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.116 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3983A
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 67.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -0.60, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 51.37, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0059 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.116 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5839, 32.3473, 8.6349)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3983A #3A55B3

analogous

#B35C3A #B3983A #92B33A

triadic

#B3983A #3AB398 #983AB3

tetradic

#B3983A #3AB35C #3A55B3 #B33A92

square

#B3983A #3AB35C #3A55B3 #B33A92

split-complementary

#B3983A #3A92B3 #5C3AB3

monochromatic

#574A1C #85712B #B3983A #CBB35F #DAC98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B3983A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B3983A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3983A

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3983A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3983A	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3983a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.116 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb675',
    500: '#b3983a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3983a;
$custom-light: #cdb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3983a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68632,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3983A

secondary

#8492C5

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3983A

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

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