#B3A048#B3A048

#B3A048 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A048
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -3.98, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 47.61, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0139 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.111 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3322, 35.1946, 11.2198)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A048 #485BB3

analogous

#B36B48 #B3A048 #91B348

triadic

#B3A048 #48B3A0 #A048B3

tetradic

#B3A048 #48B36B #485BB3 #B34891

square

#B3A048 #48B36B #485BB3 #B34891

split-complementary

#B3A048 #4891B3 #6B48B3

monochromatic

#5C5225 #877936 #B3A048 #C6B772 #D8CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B3A048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B3A048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A048

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A048	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)

#AE9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb7e',
    500: '#b3a048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a048;
$custom-light: #ccbb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7047,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A048

secondary

#929BC4

accent

#6CD255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A048

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

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