#B3993A#B3993A

#B3993A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.117 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3993A
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 67.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -1.14, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 51.66, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0075 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.117 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7469, 32.6733, 8.6892)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3993A #3A54B3

analogous

#B35C3A #B3993A #91B33A

triadic

#B3993A #3AB399 #993AB3

tetradic

#B3993A #3AB35C #3A54B3 #B33A91

square

#B3993A #3AB35C #3A54B3 #B33A91

split-complementary

#B3993A #3A91B3 #5C3AB3

monochromatic

#574A1C #85712B #B3993A #CBB45F #DACA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B3993A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B3993A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3993A

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3993A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3993A	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3993a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.117 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb675',
    500: '#b3993a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3993a;
$custom-light: #cdb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3993a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68843,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3993A

secondary

#8492C5

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3993A

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

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