#B3A050#B3A050

#B3A050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A050
RGB	rgb(179, 160, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -3.36, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 43.80, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0112 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.103 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6104, 35.3059, 12.6849)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A050 #5063B3

analogous

#B36E50 #B3A050 #94B350

triadic

#B3A050 #50B3A0 #A050B3

tetradic

#B3A050 #50B36E #5063B3 #B35094

square

#B3A050 #50B36E #5063B3 #B35094

split-complementary

#B3A050 #5094B3 #6E50B3

monochromatic

#5F5529 #8A7B3C #B3A050 #C6B77B #D8CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B3A050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B3A050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A050

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A050	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb83',
    500: '#b3a050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a050;
$custom-light: #ccbb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70566,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A050

secondary

#99A2C5

accent

#6FCF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A050

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

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