#B3A044#B3A044

#B3A044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.114 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A044
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -4.27, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 49.45, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0152 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.114 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2059, 35.1441, 10.5548)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A044 #4457B3

analogous

#B36844 #B3A044 #8EB344

triadic

#B3A044 #44B3A0 #A044B3

tetradic

#B3A044 #44B368 #4457B3 #B3448E

square

#B3A044 #44B368 #4457B3 #B3448E

split-complementary

#B3A044 #448EB3 #6844B3

monochromatic

#5A5122 #877833 #B3A044 #C7B86D #D8CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B3A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B3A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A044

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A044	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.114 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb7c',
    500: '#b3a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a044;
$custom-light: #cdbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70426,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A044

secondary

#8E98C4

accent

#69D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A044

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

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