#B3A042#B3A042

#B3A042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.116 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A042
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -4.40, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 50.35, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0159 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.116 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1459, 35.1201, 10.2388)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A042 #4255B3

analogous

#B36842 #B3A042 #8DB342

triadic

#B3A042 #42B3A0 #A042B3

tetradic

#B3A042 #42B368 #4255B3 #B3428D

square

#B3A042 #42B368 #4255B3 #B3428D

split-complementary

#B3A042 #428DB3 #6842B3

monochromatic

#5A5021 #867832 #B3A042 #C8B86A #D9CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B3A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B3A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A042

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A042	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)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.116 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb7a',
    500: '#b3a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a042;
$custom-light: #cdbb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70405,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A042

secondary

#8C96C4

accent

#68D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A042

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

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