#B3A047#B3A047

#B3A047 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A047
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 60.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -4.05, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 48.07, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0143 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.111 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2999, 35.1817, 11.0494)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A047 #475AB3

analogous

#B36A47 #B3A047 #90B347

triadic

#B3A047 #47B3A0 #A047B3

tetradic

#B3A047 #47B36A #475AB3 #B34790

square

#B3A047 #47B36A #475AB3 #B34790

split-complementary

#B3A047 #4790B3 #6A47B3

monochromatic

#5B5224 #877936 #B3A047 #C7B771 #D8CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B3A047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B3A047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A047

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A047	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb7d',
    500: '#b3a047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a047;
$custom-light: #ccbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70459,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A047

secondary

#919AC4

accent

#6BD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A047

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

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