#B3A040#B3A040

#B3A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A040
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -4.54, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 51.24, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0165 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.117 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0880, 35.0970, 9.9337)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A040 #4053B3

analogous

#B36640 #B3A040 #8CB340

triadic

#B3A040 #40B3A0 #A040B3

tetradic

#B3A040 #40B366 #4053B3 #B3408C

square

#B3A040 #40B366 #4053B3 #B3408C

split-complementary

#B3A040 #408CB3 #6640B3

monochromatic

#594F20 #867830 #B3A040 #C9B967 #D9CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B3A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B3A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A040

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A040	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb79',
    500: '#b3a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a040;
$custom-light: #cdbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70385,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A040

secondary

#8A94C4

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A040

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

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