#B3A045#B3A045

#B3A045 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.113 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A045
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -4.20, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 48.99, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0149 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.113 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2367, 35.1564, 10.7169)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A045 #4558B3

analogous

#B36945 #B3A045 #8FB345

triadic

#B3A045 #45B3A0 #A045B3

tetradic

#B3A045 #45B369 #4558B3 #B3458F

square

#B3A045 #45B369 #4558B3 #B3458F

split-complementary

#B3A045 #458FB3 #6945B3

monochromatic

#5B5123 #877934 #B3A045 #C7B86E #D8CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B3A045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B3A045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A045

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A045	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AF9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.113 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb7c',
    500: '#b3a045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a045;
$custom-light: #ccbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70437,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A045

secondary

#8F99C4

accent

#6AD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A045

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

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