#B3983B#B3983B

#B3983B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3983B
RGB	rgb(179, 152, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 67%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -0.54, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 50.94, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0056 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.115 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6096, 32.3576, 8.7702)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3983B #3B56B3

analogous

#B35C3B #B3983B #92B33B

triadic

#B3983B #3BB398 #983BB3

tetradic

#B3983B #3BB35C #3B56B3 #B33B92

square

#B3983B #3BB35C #3B56B3 #B33B92

split-complementary

#B3983B #3B92B3 #5C3BB3

monochromatic

#574A1D #85712C #B3983B #CBB360 #DAC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B3983B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B3983B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3983B

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3983B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3983B	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)

#A89630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3983b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 152, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb676',
    500: '#b3983b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3983b;
$custom-light: #cdb676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3983b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68642,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3983B

secondary

#8593C5

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3983B

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

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